Patent ID: 9626287
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11C

Claim:
1. A method for formatting a number of memory arrays in a memory system, the method comprising: indicating physical parameters associated with the number of memory arrays; allocating a number of memory cells in the number of memory arrays as a storing system data; allocating a number of memory cells in the number of memory arrays as a storing user data; writing system data such that a first file allocation table starts at beginning of a first physical block of the number of memory cells in the number of memory arrays by including a first number of memory cells that are not used to store data after reserved data, wherein the first physical block includes memory cells that are erased together as a unit; writing system data such that a second allocation table starts at beginning of a second physical block of the number of memory cells in the number of memory arrays by including a second number of memory cells that are not used to store data after the first file allocation table data; and writing user data such that the user data starts at a beginning of a third physical block of the number of memory cells in the number of memory arrays by including a third number of memory cells that are not used to store data in the number of memory cells allocated for storing system data, wherein the third number of memory cells are between the second file allocation table and the user data.