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AssigneeWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDavide Giovenzana, John W. Vanlaanen, Prakash Balasubramaniam, Teik Ee Yeo, Guoxiao Guo, Honge Wang, Jie Yu, Philip S. Gordon
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A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by servo sectors. The disk drive further comprises a head comprising a read element offset linearly from a write element by a gap such that when the disk rotates, the read element reaches a servo sector before the write element. During a first operation, a first length of a beginning of the servo sector is read, and during a write operation, a second length of the beginning of the servo sector shorter than the first length is read to enable data to be written while the read element is over at least part of the servo sector.
A disk drive comprising:
A disk drive comprising:
A method of operating a disk drive, the disk drive comprising a disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by servo sectors, and a head comprising a read element offset linearly from a write element by a gap such that when the disk rotates the read element reaches a servo sector before the write element, the method comprising:
A method of operating a disk drive comprising, the disk drive comprising a disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by servo sectors recorded at a constant data rate over at least part of the disk from a first diameter to a second diameter, and a head comprising a read element offset linearly from a write element by a gap, the method comprising:
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