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Selective index writing prior to unthreading a magnetic recording tape

  • US 9,997,193 B1
  • Filed: 03/24/2017
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A drive-implemented method, comprising:

  • determining that unthreading of a tape is to be performed;

    in response to the determination that the unthreading of the tape is to be performed, determining whether to write an index on the tape prior to unthreading the tape, wherein determining whether to write the index on the tape prior to unthreading the tape includes determining whether to write the index in a partition of the tape, the partition being selected from a group consisting of an index partition and a data partition of the tape;

    in response to a determination to write the index on the tape, writing the index on the tape prior to unthreading the tape; and

    unthreading the tape.

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