公开(公告)号：EP1093602B1

公开(公告)日：2003-03-19

申请号：EP99932152.4

申请日：1999-07-01

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： THOMAS, Fred, C., III ,  BAR, Refael ,  ALFONSI, Daniel ,  FENG, Dai ,  CARTER, Jeff, G. ,  MONROE, Charlie, M., Jr. ,  HALES, Ronald, F. ,  KRIEGER, George, T.

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G11B20/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/00115 ,  G11B20/00123 ,  G11B20/00384 ,  G11B20/00586 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： A storage media is disclosed and comprises a storage body and a readable indelible mark formed in the body such that portions thereof are indelibly altered. The mark is read by writing first data to the body in the region of the mark, and reading second data from the body in such region. The written first data is not accepted where the portions of the body are indelibly altered. Accordingly, the read second data corresponds to the written first data with segments thereof missing. The missing segments of the first data correspond to the portions of the body indelibly altered. In a preferred embodiment, the storage media comprises a magnetic rotatable disk having a substantially planar substrate and a magnetizable layer deposited thereon. The reading and writing are therefore performed magnetically.

公开(公告)号：EP1046167A1

公开(公告)日：2000-10-25

申请号：EP99971573.3

申请日：1999-10-22

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： FENG, Dai

IPC分类号： G11B21/12 ,  G11B5/54

CPC分类号： G11B5/54 ,  G11B21/22

摘要： A head loading apparatus for a disk drive device is disclosed that limits the velocity of the heads during loading of the heads onto the surface of a data storage medium. The apparatus is characterized by varying a voice coil current or voltage during the head loading process. The varying current or voltage nudges read-write heads off of a load ramp and onto the surface of a data storage medium.

公开(公告)号：EP1093602A1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-25

申请号：EP99932152.4

申请日：1999-07-01

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： THOMAS, Fred, C., III ,  BAR, Refael ,  ALFONSI, Daniel ,  FENG, Dai ,  CARTER, Jeff, G. ,  MONROE, Charlie, M., Jr. ,  HALES, Ronald, F. ,  KRIEGER, George, T.

IPC分类号： G06F1/00 ,  G11B20/00

CPC分类号： G11B20/00115 ,  G11B20/00123 ,  G11B20/00384 ,  G11B20/00586 ,  G11B2220/2516

摘要： A storage media is disclosed and comprises a storage body and a readable indelible mark formed in the body such that portions thereof are indelibly altered. The mark is read by writing first data to the body in the region of the mark, and reading second data from the body in such region. The written first data is not accepted where the portions of the body are indelibly altered. Accordingly, the read second data corresponds to the written first data with segments thereof missing. The missing segments of the first data correspond to the portions of the body indelibly altered. In a preferred embodiment, the storage media comprises a magnetic rotatable disk having a substantially planar substrate and a magnetizable layer deposited thereon. The reading and writing are therefore performed magnetically.

公开(公告)号：EP1086459A1

公开(公告)日：2001-03-28

申请号：EP99927275.0

申请日：1999-06-08

申请人： IOMEGA CORPORATION

发明人： BRAITHWAITE, David, G. ,  REIMANN, Mark ,  JACKSON, G., Paul ,  FRAZIER, Alan ,  BERO, James, M. ,  ALFONSI, Daniel ,  SCHWARTZ, James, H. ,  BAR, Refael ,  FENG, Dai ,  HARMAN, James, S. ,  KEPLER, Robert, Neal

IPC分类号： G11B19/12 ,  G11B33/00 ,  G11B23/00 ,  G11B23/28 ,  G11B23/30 ,  G11B19/02

CPC分类号： G11B19/12

摘要： An apparatus and method for enabling/disabling selective features of a disk drive is provided. A data structure contained on a disk is read by the drive and based on this data structure, selective features of the drive are manipulated to improve the performance of the disk drive. The data structure is preferably disposed on a portion of the disk that is inaccessible to the host computer system. Additionally, the data structure preferably is read by the drive during disk insertion or activation and used to enable and/or disable features of the drive.