Patent ID: 8498075
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for writing data to a tape medium using a write head, comprising: an acquiring unit for acquiring data to be written; a positioning unit for adjusting a position of the write head to a designated position on the tape medium; and a write unit for sending the data acquired with the acquiring unit to the write head to write the data to the designated position, wherein before the write unit writes first data acquired with the acquiring unit to a first position with a first width, if a portion of second data written with a second width larger than the first width is already written to the first position, the positioning unit adjusts a position of the write head to a second position where the other portion of the second data is left, not overwritten with the first data, and the write unit sends third data that disables the second data toward the write head to write the third data to the second position.