Host protected area( HPA) duplication process
First Claim
1. A method of duplicating electronic data from a source storage device to a target storage device, comprising:
- detecting a presence of a host protected area of a source storage device; and
copying data included in the host protected area of the source storage device to a host protected area of a target storage device.
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Abstract
The content of a hard disk drive or the like information storage media that includes content stored in a host protected area (HPA) or reserve area of the hard disk is duplicated using hard disk drive duplicating machinery. The duplication process includes the steps of detecting the presence of a HPA on a source drive, and if detected, generating an HPA area of the same or of a sufficiently accommodating size on the target disk drive. Information from the source HPA drive is written to the thus created HPA area of the target drive. The remaining content from the source drive is written to an available section of the target drive. The invention is thereby able to detect whether a source drive has a HPA, create an HPA on the target drive, and to copy the content of the source HPA to the HPA on the target device to ensure a proper duplication of the target drive.
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54 Claims
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1. A method of duplicating electronic data from a source storage device to a target storage device, comprising:
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detecting a presence of a host protected area of a source storage device; and
copying data included in the host protected area of the source storage device to a host protected area of a target storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of duplicating electronic data from a source storage device to a target storage device, comprising:
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detecting presence of a host protected area of a source storage device;
determining size of the host protected area of the source storage device;
creating a host protected area on a target storage device of a size corresponding to the determined size of the host protected area of the source storage device; and
copying data included in the host protected area of the source storage device to the created host protected area of the target storage device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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19. A method of duplicating electronic data from a source storage device to a target storage device, comprising:
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detecting presence of a host protected area of a source storage device;
creating a host protected area on a target storage device suitable for storing host protected area data from the source storage device; and
copying data included in the host protected area of the source storage device to the created host protected area of the target storage device.
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28. A method of duplicating electronic data from a source storage device to a target storage device, comprising:
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detecting presence of a host protected area of a source storage device;
detecting a presence of a host protected area on a target storage device, and if a host protected area is present, resetting the host protected area of the target storage device; and
copying data included in the host protected area of the source storage device to the host protected area of the target storage device.
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37. A storage device duplication system, comprising:
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a source storage device suitable for storage of electronic data, the source storage device including a host protected area;
a target storage device suitable for storing electronic data; and
a duplicating machine communicatively coupled to the source storage device and the target storage device, wherein the duplicating machine detects the presence of the host protected area of the source storage device and copies data included in the host protected area of the source storage device to a host protected area of the target storage device.
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46. An electronic data duplication system, comprising:
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means for storing a source of electronic data, the source storage means including a means for protecting host data;
means for storing target storage electronic data; and
means for duplicating electronic data communicatively coupled to the source storage means and the target storage means, wherein the duplicating means detects the presence of the host data protection means of the source storage means and copies data included in the host data protection means of the source storage means to a host data protection means of the target storage means.
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