Patent ID: 7761778
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a target device in order to store data on the storage medium, wherein the target device is adapted to write data blocks on a block addressable storage medium using a defect management, comprising: processing data to data blocks adapted to the storage medium; sending each data block from the host device to said target device together with the command not to perform the defect management, so that writing of data to a spare area of the storage medium is not performed by the target device; temporarily storing the respective data block by said host device if an information signal from the target device is received signalling that said data block to be written by the target device is destined for a suspicious area of the storage medium, the information signal instructing the host device that the respective data block could not be written, the suspicious areas on the storage medium having been detected before writing data on the storage medium; and after all data blocks have been sent to the target device, sending all temporarily stored data blocks to said target device together with the command to perform the defect management upon writing said data blocks to the storage medium, the command being such that the target device is caused, when receiving the command, to perform the defect management, the defect management including the following: writing a data block to a detected suspicious area; checking, whether the suspicious area is defective or not, and when the suspicious area is defective, writing the data block into the spare area.