Inventor

ROTHBERG MICHAEL S

US31 patents

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ROTHBERG MICHAEL S

WESTERN DIGITAL TECH INC

Disk drive refreshing zones based on serpentine access of disk surfaces

Disk drive modifying an update function for a refresh monitor in response to a measured duration

Disk drive employing error threshold counters to generate an ECC error distribution

Optimizing order of error recovery steps in a disk drive

Disk drive and method for data transfer initiated by optional disk-drive commands on a serial interface that only supports standard disk-drive commands

Disk drive employing data averaging techniques during retry operations to facilitate data recovery

Developing a disk drive manufacturing program by executing the manufacturing program on an external test system

Disk drive employing a configuration data structure comprising a plurality of configuration parameters to facilitate disk commands

Disk drive executing a manufacturing program internally by executing disk commands through a vector

Disk drive for receiving setup data in a self monitoring analysis and reporting technology (SMART) command

Disk drive and method for data transfer initiated by nonstandard disk-drive commands on a serial ATA interface that only supports standard ATA disk-drive commands

Disk drive for storing sector-reconstruction sectors and for storing a sector-reconstruction status in sectors distributed around a disk

Disk drive employing sector-reconstruction-interleave sectors each storing redundancy data generated in response to an interleave of data sectors

Disk drive having data-guarding firmware

Error rate measurement in disk drive by weighting data-recovery procedures

Configuring a data storage device with a configuration data record set in response to a configuration code

Disk drive refreshing zones in segments to sustain target throughput of host commands

Disk drive implementing wear prevention in a high frequency access band of tracks

Disk drive caching initial host requested data in non-volatile semiconductor memory to reduce start-up time of a host computer

Disk drive and method for implementing nonstandard disk-drive commands on a serial ATA interface that only supports standard ATA disk-drive commands

Method for recovering from shock events occurring to a disk drive during data write operations to improve data reliability

Method for analyzing magnetic media surface in a disk drive for indications of head impact

Accelerated media scan method for detection of disk drive handling damage

Disk drive employing off-line scan to collect selection-control data for subsequently deciding whether to verify after write

Disk drive pre-computing seek parameters for a continuation track and a next command to facilitate continuing a read-ahead or aborting the read-ahead

Disk drive executing a preemptive multitasking operating system comprising tasks of varying priority

Disk drive or any serial attached device logging a cable loss event

Disk drive that supports a list-requesting command for enabling a host computer to assist in rescuing a rescue-candidate location having a drive-unrecoverable data

TSAI CHUN SEI

Disk drive biasing a refresh monitor with write parameter of a write operation

BOMBET MARC A

Configuring a data storage device with a configuration data record set in response to a configuration code

WESTERN DIGITAL VENTURES INC

System and method for performing disk drive diagnostics and restoration using a host-inaccessible hidden partition