EP 1086459 A1 20010328 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING/DISABLING DRIVE FEATURES
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING/DISABLING DRIVE FEATURES
Title (de)
METHODE UND GERÄT ZUM AKTIVIEREN/DEAKTIVIEREN VON LAUFWERKSMERKMALEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL D'ACTIVATION/DESACTIVATION D'UN LECTEUR DE DISQUES
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9912619 W 19990608
- US 8914498 P 19980612
- US 19187898 A 19981113
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9965025A1] An apparatus and method for enabling/disabling selective features of a disk drive is provided. A data structure contained on a disk is read by the drive and based on this data structure, selective features of the drive are manipulated to improve the performance of the disk drive. The data structure is preferably disposed on a portion of the disk that is inaccessible to the host computer system. Additionally, the data structure preferably is read by the drive during disk insertion or activation and used to enable and/or disable features of the drive.
IPC 1-7
G11B 19/12; G11B 33/00; G11B 23/00; G11B 23/28; G11B 23/30; G11B 19/02
IPC 8 full level
G11B 19/12 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01); G11B 20/12 (2006.01); G11B 20/18 (2006.01); G11B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
G11B 19/12 (2013.01)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9965025A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB IE NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9965025 A1 19991216; AU 4421899 A 19991230; EP 1086459 A1 20010328; JP 2002518769 A 20020625
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9912619 W 19990608; AU 4421899 A 19990608; EP 99927275 A 19990608; JP 2000553951 A 19990608