Patent ID: 6134062
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
A method of managing information to be stored on at least one disc in a disc drive system, the at least one disc having a maximum storage capacity that defines a maximum number C of bytes of information that can be stored on the at least one disc, the method comprising steps of:(A) when at least one block of information to be written to the at least one disc is in a compressed state, writing the at least one block of information to at least one sector of the at least one disc that includes M bytes; and(B) decreasing a number of bytes in the at least one disc available for storing additional blocks of information by greater than M bytes, so that at least one of the C bytes of capacity of the at least one disc is made unavailable to store a block of information while the at least one block of information is stored in the at least one sector.