Patent ID: 11907048
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the one or more healthy regions that exclude the one or more damaged regions on the data storage cartridge further comprises:
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more healthy regions on the data storage cartridge by shifting logical points defining a user data area of the data storage cartridge inward towards one another;
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more healthy regions on the data storage cartridge by setting a wrap to turn around in a middle area of media of the data storage cartridge to avoid damaged regions; and
determining, by the one or more computer processors, the one or more healthy regions on the data storage cartridge by selecting a damaged region on the media of the data storage cartridge to be skipped over during read and write operations.