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US 2003/0210900 A1Published application
Disk drive interface
AssigneeGateway, Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Flannery, Edward G. Yong
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AssigneeGateway, Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Flannery, Edward G. Yong
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An interface for a disk drive is described. The interface may be an adapter for providing stand-alone use of an optical storage media drive such as a compact disk or digital versatile disk. The adapter may receive an optical storage media drive that was originally designed for operation in conjunction with a computer system wherein the computer system controls the operation of the drive. However, instead of being utilized in conjunction with a computer system, the optical storage media drive is utilized in conjunction with the adapter of the present invention wherein the adapter controls operation of the drive. Additionally, an interface may be provided for an external optical storage media drive to provide direct data transfer from a storage media to disk. An interface may be in the form of a data port that allows coupling of storage media to the external optical storage media drive. Direct data copying from the storage media to an optical disk inserted within the optical storage media drive may be employed.
An apparatus for copying data to optical disk, comprising:
An apparatus for copying data to optical storage disk, comprising:
A method for copying data to optical storage disk, comprising:
A method for copying data to optical storage disk, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.