摘要 |
A technique for reading data from a magnetic disk includes the steps of providing the magnetic disk including a cylinder having a plurality of servo sectors, a plurality of data sectors, and a zone data table, the plurality of servo sectors including a first servo sector, a second servo sector, a third servo sector, a fourth servo sector, and a fifth servo sector, the zone data table including at least a nominal timing latency between the fourth servo sector and a data sector from the plurality of servo sectors, reading the first servo sector, the second servo sector, the third servo sector, and the fourth servo sector from the magnetic disk, determining a first timing deviation for the first servo sector between the first servo sector and the second servo sector, determining a second timing deviation for the second servo sector between the second servo sector and the third servo sector, predicting a predicted third timing deviation for the fourth servo sector between the fourth servo sector and the fifth servo sector, in response to the first timing deviation and to the second timing deviation, modifying the nominal timing latency in response to the predicted third timing deviation to form a predicted timing latency, and waiting the predicted timing latency after reading the fourth servo sector before reading the data sector. |