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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc;
Inventors:
Chris R. Fulkerson, Longmont, CO (US);
Abhay T. Kataria, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 19/04 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 19/041 (2013.01); G11B 2020/10898 (2013.01); G11B 2020/1869 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide an apparatus that is operable with a disk drive. The apparatus includes a memory device operable to store a plurality of bit sets. Each bit set identifies a track and a sector of the disk drive and a number of times that the track of the disk drive has been written. A controller of the disk drive is operable to increment the number when the track is written. Each bit set comprises a number of bits that is established according to track location of the disk drive.