Data reading method, recording medium used in the method and storage apparatus using the method

Abstract

Desired data recorded in a recording medium is read as a result of a head scanning a desired track, track tracking information for detecting the amount of displacement of said head with respect to the track and address information for identifying the recorded data are also recorded in said recording medium, and the track tracking information and the address information are used so that the head scans the desired track properly. The recording medium is used in which recording medium the track tracking information and the address information is disposed so that the head first scans the track tracking information and then scans the address information. Whether the track, which the head scans, is the desired track is determined from the address information. The amount of displacement of the head with respect to the track is detected from the track tracking information. The desired data is read from the desired track.

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