Method and apparatus for preserving data of a storage device

A method is disclosed for preserving data in a hard disk drive, in which data loss due to adjacent track erase (ATE) phenomenon can be minimized by relocating data, which is written in a zone where the ATE phenomenon is likely to occur since frequency of use is high, to another zone having a low TPI...

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Main Authors Namkoong, Yun, Kim, Gyu Taek, Kim, Ho-Youl
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.12.2012
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Summary:A method is disclosed for preserving data in a hard disk drive, in which data loss due to adjacent track erase (ATE) phenomenon can be minimized by relocating data, which is written in a zone where the ATE phenomenon is likely to occur since frequency of use is high, to another zone having a low TPI when writing the data in a disk.