Patent ID: 8111476

Claim:
A disk drive comprising: an enclosure portion comprising: a spindle motor for spinning a disk configured for storing data; and a circuit board fixed to the outer surface of the enclosure portion, the circuit board having elements mounted thereon, said elements comprising: a nonvolatile memory fixedly coupled to said circuit board, said nonvolatile memory comprising instructions associated with a first process for spin-up of said spindle motor from a power-on mode and said nonvolatile memory comprising instructions associated with a second process for spin-up of said spindle motor from a power save mode; a controller fixedly coupled to said circuit board, said controller for determining which of said first or said second process for spin-up of said spindle motor to implement in accordance with said instructions stored in said nonvolatile memory; and a motor driver fixedly coupled to said circuit board, said motor driver for spinning up said spindle motor according to said first process or according to said second process for spin-up of said spindle motor.