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  • Method to increase the amount of customer data on a hard disk drive
    Patent number: 7265921
    Abstract: Format efficiency of a hard disk of a hard disk drive having a rotary actuator and a read/write head having a read element that is offset from a write element is improved by writing a data track having a length that is based on an arc of the rotary actuator, the radial position of the read/write head with respect to the hard disk and the offset between the read element and the write element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: George Anthony Dunn, Weining Zeng