Patent ID: 6895500
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A disk drive connectable to a host computer executing a computer program for sending a Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) command to the disk drive, the disk drive comprising: (a) a disk; (b) a head actuated radially over the disk; (c) an error recovery system for detecting and correcting errors in user data read from the disk; (d) a cache system for caching user data received from the host computer and user data read from the disk; (e) a plurality of configuration parameters stored in a non-volatile manner for configuring at least one system when the disk drive is powered on, the at least one system selected from the group consisting of the cache system and the error recovery system; and (f) an interface for receiving the SMART command from the host computer, the SMART command comprising: