Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tape drive apparatus and method
- Patent Title (中): 磁带机装置及方法
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Application No.: US11260994Application Date: 2005-10-28
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Publication No.: US08576505B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Nigel Ronald Evans , Andrew Malcolm George Clarke , John Mark Mackelden
- Applicant: Nigel Ronald Evans , Andrew Malcolm George Clarke , John Mark Mackelden
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: G11B5/09
- IPC: G11B5/09

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of storing data on a tape medium in at least one data recording session employing a tape drive apparatus operable to record the data in accordance with a format specifying an unused area of the tape medium. The method comprises formatting the tape medium according to the format, and recording a tape medium identifier in the specified unused area of the tape medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070097534A1 Tape drive apparatus and method Public/Granted day:2007-05-03
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