Patent ID: 6801383
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for a tape drive for writing a forward staggered calibration track on a length of magnetic tape media, the forward staggered calibration track comprising a plurality of calibration track sections, each one of the plurality of calibration sections horizontally offset from each other one of the plurality of calibration track sections, wherein each one of the plurality of calibration track section corresponds to one or more of a plurality of forward data tracks, the method comprising:aligning a write head to a predetermined starting forward vertical position; enabling the write head to write on the length of magnetic tape media; moving the length of magnetic tape media forward in a horizontal direction; and changing the vertical position of the write head in a stepwise alignment as the length of magnetic tape media is moving past the write head, wherein as the length magnetic tape media is moved horizontally the write head writes the plurality of calibration track sections.