Replace processing method and replace processing apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorKatsumi Fukuchi
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Abstract
In a replace processing method according to an aspect of this invention, when an error has occurred due to the influence of a defective area during a continuous process of data by a predetermined command to have a predetermined recording destination as a target, the address of the defective area is stored, and the defective area is replaced by another area upon completion of the continuous data process corresponding to the predetermined command.
Claims14
A replace processing method for replacing a defective area by another area, comprising:
- storing, when an error occurs due to an influence of the defective area while data is continuously processed by a predetermined command to have a predetermined recording destination as a target, storing an address of the defective area;
- and
- replacing the defective area with another area, upon completion of the continuous data process corresponding to the predetermined command.
A replace processing apparatus for executing a replace process in correspondence with an error, comprising:
- a processing unit configured to process data by a predetermined command to have a predetermined recording destination as a target;
- a storage unit configured to store, when an error occurs due to an influence of the defective area during the data process of the processing unit, an address of the defective area;
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- a replace process unit configured to replace the defective area with another area upon completion of the data process corresponding to the predetermined command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.