Patent ID: 8649117

Claim:
A method of writing servo information on a magnetic storage medium while the magnetic storage medium is rotated, the method comprising: during a first revolution of the magnetic storage medium, writing a timing reference on a first portion of the magnetic storage medium and a first portion of a servo burst on the magnetic storage medium; and during a second revolution of the magnetic storage medium, writing a timing reference on a second portion of the magnetic storage medium and a second portion of the servo burst on the magnetic storage medium, wherein the first portion of the magnetic storage medium comprises a plurality of non-consecutive servo sectors, and the timing reference written on the first portion is written on each of the non-consecutive servo sectors of the first portion, and wherein the second portion of the magnetic storage medium comprises a plurality of non-consecutive servo sectors that are interlaced between the non-consecutive servo sectors of the first portion of the magnetic storage medium, and the timing reference written on the second portion is written on each of the non-consecutive servo sectors of the second portion.