Patent ID: 8122300
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method associated with conducting data storage operations with respect to removable data storage media having auxiliary non-volatile memory of a plurality of pages, comprising: writing to one page of said auxiliary non-volatile memory, at least one state value indicating the status of a data storage operation with respect to said removable data storage media, and providing a redundancy check with respect to at least said written at least one state value of said one page of said auxiliary non-volatile memory; writing to a second page of said auxiliary non-volatile memory, said at least one state value indicating the status of said data storage operation, and providing a redundancy check with respect to at least said written at least one state value of said second page of said auxiliary non-volatile memory; reading said written at least one state value of a data storage operation from said one page and from said second page of said auxiliary non-volatile memory; determining the validity of said redundancy check from each said page; comparing said at least one state value of said one page to said at least one state value of said second page; and