A method of preparing data for a storage device includes writing unencoded main data to a memory buffer; reading the unencoded main data from the memory buffer; encoding the read main data; scrambling the encoded main data to provide address and parity information; writing the address and parity information, but not the encoded main data, to the memory buffer; reading the address and parity information and the unencoded main data from the memory buffer; and scrambling the unencoded main data.