Patent ID: 11934687
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A data storage device, comprising:
a first media surface;
a first head configured to be actuated over the first media surface, wherein the first head comprises a first write transducer and a first read transducer, wherein the first media surface is sequentially written from an outer-most track to an inner-most track;
a second media surface;
a second head configured to be actuated over the second media surface, wherein the second head comprises a second write transducer and a second read transducer, wherein the second media surface is sequentially written from an inner-most track to an outer-most track; and
control circuitry configured to:
disable write access of at least one of the first head and the second head, wherein disabling the write access comprises interrupting a pathway coupled to at least one of the first and second write transducers;
first write data to the first media surface using the first write transducer of the first head; and
then upon filling the first media surface:
begin to write data to the second media surface using the second write transducer.