Patent ID: 11948602
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A data storage device comprising:
a storage medium configured for a plurality of data tracks written in at least one continuous spiral pattern;
a head actuated over a surface of the storage medium;
means for writing, to the storage medium, data tracks having track lengths that are different than a single revolution of the storage medium, wherein the track lengths are comprised of data sectors along the at least one continuous spiral pattern; and
means for moving, during a seek back operation, a head of the data storage device a seek distance from an end of a target track to a beginning of the target track; wherein:
the target track is among the plurality of data tracks;
the track lengths of adjacent data tracks in the plurality of data tracks are less than the single revolution of the storage medium by at least a number of data sectors; and
the number of data sectors is at least the seek distance.