| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and systems for operating a magnetic storage media drive to perform read/write operations to magnetic storage media in an overwrite protected mode. <P>SOLUTION: In one example, a method includes the steps of receiving a write request and associated write data, and determining if the magnetic storage medium is protected in overwrite. If the storage medium is protected in overwrite, the method includes the steps of writing the write data to the storage medium, writing an EOD marker associated with the end of the write data following the write data, allowing write operations to the storage medium after previously written data, and preventing write operations to the storage medium prior to previous EOD markers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |
