摘要 |
A magnetic disk apparatus for reading and writing user's data from a magnetic disk having a data surface with a plurality of concentric data tracks the data surface having a void area in which user's data is inhibited. The magnetic disk apparatus includes a magnetic head for reading and writing the user's data from and to the data tracks, detecting apparatus for detecting a circumferential position of the magnetic head at a target track, a store for storing the position and length of the void area, a timing clock generator for generating a read/write synchronization signal and control circuitry for preventing transmission of the read/write synchronization signal during a time period corresponding to the length of the void area when the circumferential position of the magnetic head corresponds to the position of the void area, thereby inhibiting read-out or write-in to or from an interface circuit while transmission of read/write synchronization signal is prevented. |