Method and apparatus for copying data from one disc drive to another disc drive
First Claim
1. A method of copying data from a first disc drive to a second disc drive, comprising:
- determining whether the first disc drive has a predetermined jumper pin connection by identifying which of a plurality of jumper pins in a jumper block of the first disc drive are connected, the jumper block being used to determine an operation mode of the first disc drive;
transmitting a copy command from the first disc drive to the second disc drive if the first disc drive has the predetermined jumper pin connection; and
copying data recorded in the first disc drive to the second disc drive in response to the copy command.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for copying data of a disc drive are provided. The method includes: determining whether the first disc drive has a predetermined jumper pin connection by identifying which of a plurality of jumper pins in a jumper block of the first disc drive are connected, the jumper block being used to determine an operation mode of the first disc drive; transmitting a copy command from the first disc drive to the second disc drive if the first disc drive has the predetermined jumper pin connection; and copying data recorded in the first disc drive to the second disc drive in response to the copy command. Accordingly, it is possible to copy data recorded in a first hard disc drive (HDD) to a second HDD without the aid of an additional host.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of copying data from a first disc drive to a second disc drive, comprising:
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determining whether the first disc drive has a predetermined jumper pin connection by identifying which of a plurality of jumper pins in a jumper block of the first disc drive are connected, the jumper block being used to determine an operation mode of the first disc drive;
transmitting a copy command from the first disc drive to the second disc drive if the first disc drive has the predetermined jumper pin connection; and
copying data recorded in the first disc drive to the second disc drive in response to the copy command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for copying data from a first disc drive to a second disc drive, comprising:
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a first disc drive to transmit a command to copy data recorded therein if it recognizes that it has a predetermined jumper pin connection by identifying which of a plurality of jumper pins in a jumper block thereof are connected, the jumper block being used to determine an operation mode of the first disc drive;
a second disc drive to copy the data recorded in the first disc drive in response to the command transmitted by the first disc drive; and
a communication path to connect an interface unit of the first disc drive and an interface unit of the second disc drive. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A disc drive, comprising:
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determination means for determining an operation mode of the disc drive; and
data sending means for sending data to a destination disc drive upon a predetermined operation mode of the disc drive being detected by the determination means.
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