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AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsNaoki Hirabayashi, Toshiya Nakajima, Toshiyuki Kasada, Keiichi Kato, Kinya Saito
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In an erasing and recovering system for a data block on a magnetic tape in a magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus, the system includes: a detecting unit for detecting data error caused by a damaged portion on the magnetic tape by reading a data block just after the data block is written to the magnetic tape; a calculating unit for calculating the circumference of the magnetic tape including the damaged portion; an erasing unit for erasing half of the circumference including the damaged portion; and a data write unit for re-writing the same data block as the data block including the error into another half of the same circumference as the circumference including the damaged portion.
An erasing and recovering system for a data block on a magnetic tape in a magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus, the system comprising:
A magnetic tape recording and reproducing apparatus including a magnetic tape driving unit (MTU) for driving the magnetic tape (MT) and a magnetic tape control unit (MTC) for controlling operation of the magnetic tape driving unit, said magnetic tape control unit comprising:
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