Patent ID: 11881232
Assignee: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The HDD of claim 7, wherein:
the first actuator is configured for moving the first plurality of head sliders to access portions of the first disk media independently of the second actuator moving the second plurality of head sliders to access portions of the second disk media;
the first spindle motor is configured for rotating the first disk media independently of the second spindle motor rotating the second disk media; and
the HDD further comprises an electronic controller embodying one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of:
setting one of the first and second actuators and corresponding first or second spindle motors to a power-off mode while the other of the first and second actuators and corresponding first or second spindle motors is simultaneously set to an active mode.