Patent ID: 6437935
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of optimizing the location of a data zone on a data storage disk of a data storage system, the data storage system including a transducer assembly mounted to an actuator for transferring information to and from the disk, and a ramp disposed proximate the outer periphery of the disk for unloading and loading the transducer assembly to and from the disk, the method comprising the steps of:registering the transducer assembly at a first location of the disk proximate the ramp; writing servo information indicative of a starting location of the data zone to the disk at the first disk location; moving the transducer assembly from the first disk location toward an inner diameter location of the disk; and writing servo information indicative of the data zone to the disk between the first disk location and the inner diameter location of the disk with reference to the first disk location; wherein writing servo information indicative of the starting location of the data zone at the first disk location biases the data zone toward the outer periphery of the data storage disk by registering the starting location of the data zone proximate the ramp.