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DISK DRIVE WITH NONVOLATILE MEMORY FOR STORAGE OF FAILURE-RELATED DATA

  • US 20080130156A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2006
  • Published: 06/05/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A disk drive comprising:

  • a rotatable recording disk for the storage of user data from a host computer;

    a controller for writing user data to and reading user data from the disk; and

    nonvolatile memory connected to the controller;

    wherein the controller includes logic for executing method acts comprising;

    determining a disk drive failure-related event and recording failure-related data representative of said event in the nonvolatile memory.

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