MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR DIVIDING A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA SUCH AS VIDEO DATA INTO SEGMENTS (40) WITH ERROR CORRECTION CODE ADDED THERETO AND FURTHER DIVIDING THE DATA INCLUDING THE ERROR CORRECTION CODE INTO RECORDING SEGMENTS (40), WHILE BEING CAPABLE OF EFFICIENTLY CORRECTING ERRORS EVEN FOR A SECTOR SIZE OF LARGE UNIT AND PROCESSING SECTORS (44) OF VARIABLE LENGTH.