METHOD FOR DETECTING TRANSIENT WRITE ERRORS IN A DISK DRIVE AND FOR DIFFERENTIATING TRANSIENT WRITE ERRORS FROM PERMANENT MEDIA DAMAGE - Patent 1149380

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EP 1 149 380 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/44

(21)	Application number: 00965249.6

(22)	Date of filing: 21.09.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G11B 20/18, G11B 27/36, G11B 19/04, G11B 33/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0025/889

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0127/924 (19.04.2001 Gazette 2001/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

07.10.1999 US 414199

(71)	Applicant: IOMEGA CORPORATION
	OgdenUtah 84067 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ROCHAT, Daniel, D. Ogden, UT 84403 (US) MA, Yiping Layton, UT 84040 (US) PAN, Weimin Austin, TX 78717 (US)

(74)	Representative: Cabinet Hirsch
	34, Rue de Bassano 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)

(54)	METHOD FOR DETECTING TRANSIENT WRITE ERRORS IN A DISK DRIVE AND FOR DIFFERENTIATING TRANSIENT WRITE ERRORS FROM PERMANENT MEDIA DAMAGE