Partition selection for universal storage device
OwnerWilhelmus Franciscus Fontijninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a drive device and method of reading from or writing to a record carrier (10), wherein a predetermined portion of the maximum storage capacity of said record carrier (10) is exposed via an access interface function of a drive device (30). At least one of a size and a location of the predetermined portion is selectable by an input function at the interface function. Thereby, legacy host devices which cannot use the full storage capacity of advanced drive devices (30) can take full or better advantage of the total storage capacity.
Claims16
A storage device for providing access to a recording medium (10), said storage device (30) comprising:
- a) interface means (32) for exposing a predetermined portion of the maximum storage capacity of said recording medium (10), said predetermined portion being addressable for inputting or outputting data across said interface means (32);
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- b) selecting means (25) for selecting said predetermined portion in response to a selection input.
A method of reading from or writing to a recording medium (10), said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing an access interface function (20) for reading from or writing to said recording medium (10);
- b) exposing via said access interface function (20) a predetermined portion of the maximum storage capacity of said recording medium (10);
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- c) providing an input function (25) for selecting at said access interface function at least one of a size and a location of said predetermined portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.