摘要 |
Systems and methods for storing data on a tape medium (300) and coping with defective regions (320) on the tape medium (300) are provided. The method includes: writing a plurality of envelopes (A,B,C,D) of data onto the tape medium, each envelope of data comprising a plurality of blocks of data; detecting a defective region (320) of the tape medium; writing a boundary start field (340) after the defective region, the boundary start field indicating that the defective region (320) has been passed; and writing a boundary end field (330) before the defective region of the tape medium, the boundary end field (330) indicating that the defective region (320) follows the boundary end field (330). |