Mobile device and disk drive restricted from writing a data storage zone in a mobile environment

A mobile device comprising a host processor and a disk drive, the disk drive having a rotating disk media and a moveable read/write head disposed over the disk media, the disk media being divisible into zones that are radially disposed in discrete areas of the disk media, each zone having a plurality of tracks for storing data, the disk drive comprising:

• a first data storage zone, wherein the mobile device may write data to the first data storage zone when the mobile device is in a mobile environment, wherein the first data storage zone includes a mobile-safe zone and a mobile-normal zone, the mobile device may write data to adjacent tracks of the mobile normal zone, and the mobile device may not write data to adjacent tracks of the mobile-safe zone;
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• a second data storage zone, wherein the mobile device may write data to the second data storage zone only when the mobile device is in a non-mobile environment and may not write data to the second data storage zone when the mobile device is in a mobile environment.

A disk drive for use in a mobile device including a host processor, the disk drive having a rotating disk media and a moveable read/write head disposed over the disk media, the disk media being divisible into zones that are radially disposed in discrete areas of the disk media, each zone having a plurality of tracks for storing data, the disk drive comprising:

• a first data storage zone, wherein the mobile device may write data to the first data storage zone when the mobile device is in a mobile environment;
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• a second data storage zone, wherein the mobile device may write data to the second data storage zone only when the mobile device is in a non-mobile environment and may not write to the second data storage zone when the mobile device is in a mobile environment.

A disk drive for use in a mobile device including a host processor, the disk drive having a rotating disk media and a moveable read/write head disposed over the disk media, the disk media being divisible into zones that are radially disposed in discrete areas of the disk media, each zone having a plurality of tracks for storing data, the disk drive comprising:

• a first data storage zone, wherein the mobile device may write data to the first data storage zone when the mobile device is in a mobile environment, and wherein the first data storage zone includes a mobile-safe zone and a mobile-normal zone, the mobile device may write data to adjacent tracks of the mobile normal zone, and the mobile device may not write data to adjacent tracks of the mobile-safe zone;
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• a second data storage zone, wherein the mobile device may write data to the second data storage zone only when the mobile device is in a non-mobile environment and may not write to the second data storage zone when the mobile device is in a mobile environment.