Disk drive that supports a list-requesting command for enabling a host computer to assist in rescuing a rescue-candidate location having a drive-unrecoverable data

摘要

There is disclosed a method of operating a disk drive for enabling a host computer to assist in rescuing a rescue-candidate location having drive-unrecoverable data. The method includes identifying a selected addressable location as a rescue-candidate location if the selected addressable location contains drive-unrecoverable data, and recording the logical address of the rescue-candidate location in a list. The method further includes transferring the list to the host computer via an interface in response to a list-requesting command from the host computer, and responding to a write command from the host computer to write host data to a selected rescue-candidate location having a logical address recorded in the list such that a subsequent read operation can recover the host data. There is also disclosed a method of operating a computer system for enabling a host computer to assist in rescuing a rescue-candidate location having drive-unrecoverable data.