Low capacity disk cartridge
AssigneeIomega Corporation
InventorsChad Adams, Eric Ryon Peters, Robert L. Short, Mark Reimann, Daniel D. Rochat
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Abstract
A disk is manufactured having a reduced capacity based on a quantity of addressable and non-addressable portions. The method of formatting the disk comprises identifying a first quantity of the storage portions; and labeling the first quantity of storage portions as non-addressable storage portions such that the non-addressable storage portions cannot be accessed by a user or a disk drive. The first quantity of storage portions may include addressable portions designated as non-addressable portions.
Claims16
A method of formatting a data storage cartridge having a data storage medium including a plurality of storage portions, comprising:
- identifying a first quantity of the storage portions, the first quantity of storage portions including at least one non-addressable storage portion and at least one addressable storage portion;
- and
- labeling the first quantity of storage portions as non-addressable such that the first quantity of storage portions are non-accessible.
A data storage cartridge, comprising:
- a data storage medium having a first plurality of addressable storage portions and a second plurality of non-addressable storage portions, the second plurality of non-addressable storage portions comprising at least one addressable storage portion designated as non-addressable;
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- a housing for the data storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.