System, method and apparatus for shingled magnetic recording in disk drives

• Main Authors: SAITO KOSUKE, KAWAMURA MASAHARU, USUI KAZUAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.10.2013
• Subjects: INFORMATION STORAGE; INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER; PHYSICS

A method of targeted corruption of user data in a shingled magnetic recording disk includes identifying user data on a Track_N targeted for corruption; identifying a readback centerline of the Track_N; identifying a readback centerline of an adjacent track to Track_N; acquiring user data of the adja...