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Data processing apparatus

  • US 20010029511A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2000
  • Published: 10/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Data processing apparatus including a data processor, a main memory for use during operation of the processor, a data storage device that includes a storage medium and a reading and a writing device to read and write data to and from the storage medium, and a file system to operate the data storage device so that files of data can be written to and read from a plurality of regions of the storage medium having individually addressable locations, the addresses of the regions being held in the main memory during operation of the processor, the file system being operable so that when data for a file is written to the storage medium in a plurality of said regions, a link is stored in one of the regions so as to provide data concerning the location of another of the regions that stores data for the file.

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