Patent ID: 8281061

Claim:
A method for managing data stored in a memory device, the method comprising: writing user data to a first array of memory cells, wherein the first array of memory cells stores data in a first density; reading the user data from the first array of memory cells; writing the user data read from the first array of memory cells to a second array of memory cells, wherein the second array of memory cells stores data in a second density, and wherein the second density is different than the first density; and performing data conditioning of the user data prior to the write operation of the user data to the second array of memory cells; wherein the data conditioning comprises adding one or more binary digits to user data to be written to individual memory cells; and wherein writing the user data read from the first array of memory cells to the second array of memory cells comprises writing one or more of the added binary digits to each memory cell of the second array of memory cells receiving the user data.