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| DISK CHUCKING MECHANISM DISK CHUCKING MECHANISM AND DISK PLAYER INCLUDING A DISK CHUCKING MECHANISM DISK CHUCKING MECHANISM AND DRIVE PIN STRUCTURE HAVING CHUCKING LEVER MOVABLE IN TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM DISK CLAMP APPARATUS DISK CLAMP DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE DISK CLAMP FOR A DISK DRIVE FOR EVENLY DISTRIBUTING CLAMPING FORCE ON RECORDING MEDIUM DISK CLAMP FOR DISK DRIVE DISK CLAMP FOR DISK RECORDING APPARATUS AND DISK RECORDING APPARATUS DISK CLAMP HAVING AN ANNULAR SECTION OF INCREASED RIGIDITY DISK CLAMP WITH ANNULAR SPRING SECTION DISK CLAMP WITH CLAMP LOAD CARRYING BEAMS DISK CLAMP WITH TABS SHAPED TO APPLY EQUAL FORCES AT EQUALLY SPACED LOCATIONS AROUND AN AXIS OF ROTATION OF A DISK DRIVE DISK CLAMPING APPARATUS INCLUDING A CLAMP HAVING A PLURALITY OF CLAMP JAWS MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY DISK CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A LOW PROFILE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK CLAMPING COLLET SYSTEM DISK CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A DISK DRIVE HAVING A HUB INSERTABLE INTO A CENTRAL HOLE OF A DISK DISK CLAMPING DEVICE FOR CLAMPING A DISK HAVING A CENTER HOLE DISK CLAMPING DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE DISK CLAMPING MECHANISM DISK CLAMPING UNIT WITH A PLURALITY OF PARTICLES IN A SYNTHETIC RESIN COATING FORMED ON EITHER THE CLAMPER OR THE DISK TABLE DISK CLEANER DISK CLEANER APPARATUS DISK CLEANER DEVICE DISK CLEANING AND DRYING APPARATUS DISK CLEANING APPARATUS DISK COATING SYSTEM DISK COLTER FOR SEED DRILLS DISK COMPILER INTEGRATED INTO A DISK STACKER OR DISK-IN-DISK FINISHER DISK CONTAINER DISK CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH ANTITHEFT FUNCTION AND UNLOCKING TOOL DISK CONTROL APPARATUS DISK CONTROL APPARATUS DIVIDING A RECORDING AREA INTO RECORDED AND UNRECORDED AREAS DISK CONTROL APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING COMPRESSION DATA TO PHYSICAL DEVICE OF DIRECT ACCESS TYPE DISK CONTROL APPARATUS TO PERFORM PARALLEL DATA TRANSFER FROM A PLURALITY OF DISK DEVICES DISK CONTROL DEVICE DISK CONTROL DEVICE ADAPTED TO REDUCE A NUMBER OF ACCESS TO DISK DEVICES AND METHOD THEREOF DISK CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD PROCESSING VARIABLE-BLOCK AND FIXED-BLOCK ACCESSES FROM HOST DEVICES DISK CONTROL MECHANISM PREFERABLE FOR RANDOM DISK WRITE DISK CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS DISK CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS CAPABLE OF LOWERING DATA TRANSFER LOAD OF COMPUTER BY ACCESSING A CONTINUOUS, LARGER HEAD PORTION OF DATA, ALLOCATING ADDRESSES WITHIN EMPTY TIME, AND RESPONDING TO PRIORITY ORDERS OF DATA DISK CONTROL METHOD FOR USE WITH A DATA STORAGE APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE DISKS DISK CONTROL METHOD OF FORMAT WRITE OPERATION USING DATA DISTANCE ON A TRACK DISK CONTROL SYSTEM AND DATA REARRANGEMENT METHOD DISK CONTROL SYSTEM IN WHICH SPARE DISK AND MASTER DISKS ARE DYNAMICALLY EXCHANGED DISK CONTROL SYSTEM USING IDENTIFICATION CODES FOR RETRIEVING RELATED DATA FOR STORAGE IN A READ AHEAD CACHE DISK CONTROL UNIT AND DISK CONTROL METHOD DISK CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR PREFETCHING ACCORDING TO PARTITION INFORMATION AND CONCATENATION INFORMATION DISK CONTROL UNIT FOR HOLDING TRACK DATA IN CACHE MEMORY DISK CONTROL UNIT FOR HOLDING TRACK DATA IN NON-VOLATILE CACHE MEMORY DISK CONTROLLER FOR DETECTING HANG-UP OF DISK STORAGE SYSTEM DISK CONTROLLER HAVING HOST INTERFACE AND BUS SWITCHES FOR SELECTING BUFFER AND DRIVE BUSSES RESPECTIVELY BASED ON CONFIGURATION CONTROL SIGNALS DISK CONTROLLER HAVING HOST PROCESSOR CONTROLS THE TIME FOR TRANSFERRING DATA TO DISK DRIVE BY MODIFYING CONTENTS OF THE MEMORY TO INDICATE DATA IS STORED IN THE MEMORY DISK CONTROLLER HAVING SEQUENTIAL DIGITAL LOGIC IN A STATE MACHINE FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN DMA DEVICE AND DISK DRIVE WITH MINIMAL ASSISTANCE OF THE CPU DISK CONTROLLER INCLUDES CACHE MEMORY AND A LOCAL PROCESSOR WHICH LIMITS DATA TRANSFERS FROM MEMORY TO CACHE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A MAXIMUM LOOK AHEAD PARAMETER DISK CONTROLLER INCLUDING FORMAT CONTROL UNIT INSTRUCTING DIRECTLY JUMP BACK OPERATION DISK CONTROLLER WITH VOLATILE AND NON-VOLATILE CACHE MEMORIES DISK CONTROLLING APPARATUS DISK CONTROLLING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A RECORD FROM A DISK TO A HOST VIA AN INTERMEDIATE BUFFER DISK CONVEYING MECHANISM DISK COOLER DISK CUTTER DISK DATA DESTROYER DISK DATA REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND DISK DATA REPRODUCING METHOD DISK DATA REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING DATA AT ARBITRARY SPEED DISK DATA STORAGE DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED TOLERANCE FOR STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENTS DISK DEFECT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS DISK DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD DISK DETECTING DEVICE USED IN A DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM AND RESULTANT DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING SYSTEM DISK DEVICE DISK DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR WRITING REFERENCE SIGNAL INTO THE DEVICE DISK DEVICE AND DATA ERROR CORRECTION METHOD THEREOF DISK DEVICE AND DATA REASSIGNMENT METHOD DISK DEVICE AND DISK DECELERATING AND STOPPING METHOD FOR THE SAME DISK DEVICE AND DISK DEVICE CALIBRATING METHOD DISK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SERVO MECHANISM DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING SIGNAL REPRESENTING HEAD DISK DEVICE AND REMOVABLE MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY SEPARATED CIRCUIT PORTIONS FOR IMPROVED ELECTRO-MAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY DISK DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PREVENT CONTACT BETWEEN THE DISK AND THE DISK DRIVE MOTOR DISK DEVICE FOR A DISK CARTRIDGE, INCLUDING A LATCH/UNLATCH MECHANISM IN COOPERATION WITH THE SLIDER DISK DEVICE FOR DISKS HAVING DIFFERENT SIZES DISK DEVICE FOR DISKS OF DIFFERENT SIZES DISK DEVICE FOR LOADING AND EJECTING DISKS DISK DEVICE HAVING A DETACHABLE COVER MEMBER DISK DEVICE HAVING A DRIVE UNIT AND A CAM PLATE WHICH MOVES UP AND DOWN RELATIVE TO A DISK HOLDER FOR PROVIDING A THIN STRUCTURE DISK DEVICE HAVING A DRIVE UNIT FOR PROVIDING A SMALL-HEIGHT STRUCTURE DISK DEVICE HAVING A FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT CABLE PROVIDING A SMALL-HEIGHT STRUCTURE DISK DEVICE HAVING A RECORDING MEDIUM ROTATABLE IN A CONTROLLED STEPWISE MANNER IN RESPONSE TO A REFERENCE CLOCK SIGNAL OF VARIABLE FREQUENCY DISK DEVICE HAVING ACCESS TO DISK IN DIFFERENT WRITING MODES DISK DEVICE HAVING DISK TRANSFERRING MECHANISM CAPABLE OF BEING MADE THIN DISK DEVICE HAVING DISK TRANSFERRING MECHANISM CAPABLE OF SHORTENING DISK REPLACEMENT TIME DISK DEVICE HAVING MOVABLE CARTRIDGE HOLDER AND A CAM PLATE HAVING A CAM GROOVE WITH THREE SUCCESSIVE INCLINED CAM GROOVE PORTIONS DISK DEVICE HAVING POWDER REMOVAL APPARATUS AND DISK DEVICE HAVING TIMING OFFSETTING APPARATUS FOR LOADING DISK DEVICE HAVING VENTILATION STRUCTURE BETWEEN OUTSIDE AND INSIDE DISK DEVICE HAVING VIBRATION ABSORBERS FOR PROVIDING A SMALL-HEIGHT STRUCTURE DISK DEVICE IN WHICH ERRONEOUS CLOSING OF RECORDING MEDIUM SHUTTER IS PREVENTED DISK DEVICE WITH AUXILIARY BATTERY AND START METHOD THEREOF DISK DEVICE WITH BRAKE MECHANISM DISK DEVICE WITH DISK CHANGING SECTION DISK DEVICE WITH ELIMINATABLE GAPS DISK DEVICE WITH FAILURE PREDICTION FUNCTION AND MOTOR START ERROR PREDICTION METHOD IN THE DEVICE DISK DEVICE WITH IMPROVED LOADING AND UNLOADING MECHANISM DISK DEVICE WITH IMPROVED LOADING MECHANISM DISK DEVICE WITH IMPROVED MOVEMENT MECHANISM DISK DEVICE WITH OPENING LID DISK DEVICE WITH ROTATABLE PLAYING SECTION DISK DEVICE WITH SUPPORT MEANS DISK DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE CALCULATION SECTION FOR CALCULATING TEMPERATURE CHANGE AND DIFFERENCE DISK DEVICE WITH VIBRATION-INSULATING MECHANISM DISK DEVICE WITH WIDTH-VARYING MECHANISM DISK DEVICE, READ CONTROL METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION IN DISK DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING TERMINAL DEVICE USING THAT DISK DEVICE DISK DEVICE, TRACK POSITIONING METHOD AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A POSITION ERROR SIGNAL DISK DISCRIMINATING METHOD AND APPARATUS DISK DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL DISK REPRODUCING APPARATUS DISK DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE DISK DISCRIMINATION METHOD FOR DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK SYSTEM DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE ABORTING A WRITE COMMAND BEFORE A LAST TARGET SECTOR REACHED IF AN ABNORMAL CONDITION DETECTED AND SELECTING A SECOND COMMAND ACCORDING TO A ROTATIONAL POSITIONING OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM DISK DRIVE ACCESS CONTROLLER DISK DRIVE ACTIVITY INDICATOR DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ARM DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ARM ASSEMBLY WITH UNITARY FLEX CABLE DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ARM WITH DIFFERENTIAL LOAD BEAM BASE SUPPORT DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ARM WITH DIFFERENTIAL MOUNT PLATE SUPPORT DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ARM WITH MICROACTUATED READ/WRITE HEAD POSITIONING DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SPRING LOCK MOUNT DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY HAVING AN EXPANDABLE KEY MOUNT DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WITH ARM HAVING HIGH STIFFNESS TO MASS RATIO DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATIONAL IMBALANCE COMPENSATION DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR COIL WITH REDUCED OUTGASSING CHARACTERISTICS DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR COMPONENTS MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL INCLUDING FIBERS DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR LATCH DISK DRIVE ADAPTABLE FOR MULTIPLE OPERATING VOLTAGES DISK DRIVE ADD-ON DEVICE HAVING DISK DRIVE WITH AIR PASSAGES AND SUPPORT WITH AIR PASSAGES DISK DRIVE AND FLOATING HEAD SLIDER WITH MEANS FOR MINIMIZING DUST ACCUMULATION THEREON DISK DRIVE AND HEAD SUSPENSION UNIT DISK DRIVE AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER INITIATED BY NONSTANDARD DISK-DRIVE COMMANDS ON A SERIAL ATA INTERFACE THAT ONLY SUPPORTS STANDARD ATA DISK-DRIVE COMMANDS DISK DRIVE AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING SHOCK-INDUCED DAMAGE DISK DRIVE AND METHOD FOR RETRYING A READ OPERATION UPON DETECTING A READ ERROR DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE FOCUS DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME DISK DRIVE AND METHOD OF MULTI-BLOCK SIZE ADDRESSING DISK DRIVE AND PICKUP UNIT FOR AN OPTICAL DISK PLAYER DISK DRIVE AND SEALING MEMBER DISK DRIVE AND SERVO PATTERN WRITE METHOD FOR PREVENTING READ ERRORS RESULTING FROM A THERMAL ASPERITY WITHIN AN ERASE AREA BETWEEN A SERVO PAD AREA AND A GRAY CODE AREA DISK DRIVE AND WRITE CONTROL METHOD FOR A DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND DISK STORAGE MEDIUM FOR HIGH DENSITY RECORDING DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND ERROR RECOVERY METHOD IN THE DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND HARD DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND HEAD SWITCHING METHOD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND HEAD SWITCHING METHOD IN A DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD INCLUDING POWER BACKUP DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND MOTOR DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND READ ERROR RECOVERY METHOD IN A DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND READ ERROR RECOVERY PROCEDURE THEREIN DISK DRIVE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RELIABLY RECEIVING DISK CARTRIDGES HAVING BOTH SINGLE AND DOUBLE SIDED DISKS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RESUMING THE RECORDING PROCESS DURING INTERRUPTION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS FOR A RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PLURAL RECORDING SURFACES IN A LAYERED STRUCTURE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING A DEVICE INSIDE THE DISK DRIVE HOUSING FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING A SPIN MOTOR CABLE OUTSIDE THE HOUSING TO A CONNECTOR OUTSIDE THE HOUSING DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING A LOCK MEMBER FOR PREVENTING ERRONEOUS DISK CARTRIDGE INSERTION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING A SPINDLE PERMITTING A THINNER DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING AN IMPROVED SPINDLE MOTOR LOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING BODY, COVER AND FRONT WALL DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING CARRIAGE DRIVING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING DUAL I/O CONNECTORS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING HEAD GUARD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED AUTO-BALANCING UNIT DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED DISK LOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED INITIALIZATION PROCESS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED POWER CONSUMPTION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING MECHANISM FOR SMOOTHLY EJECTING DISK CARTRIDGE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING SECURITY FUNCTION USING PASSWORD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS HAVING UP AND DOWN HEAD SUPSENSIONS INDEPENDENTLY LOADABLE INTO A SPACE BETWEEN IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT DISKS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS INCLUDING A LOAD/UNLOAD RAMP WITH DIFFERENT ANGLES FOR STANDARD AND DEPOPULATED VERSIONS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS INCLUDING COMPENSATION AND ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUITS FOR HAVING A HIGH ACCURACY READING CAPABILITY DISK DRIVE APPARATUS INCORPORATING CIRCUITRY INTO HOUSING DISK DRIVE APPARATUS INITIALIZING OPTICAL HEAD DURING ACCELERATION OF DISK, DETECTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND ADJUSTING LIGHT EMISSION PRIOR TO DISK REACHING A CONSTANT SPEED OF ROTATION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS MOTOR DISK DRIVE APPARATUS THAT POSITIONS A DISC CASSETTE WITHOUT A SLIDE PLATE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WHICH ELIMINATES THE DISK EJECT BUTTON DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH A HIGH POSITIONAL PRECISION MAGNETIC HEAD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH CAM AND FOLLOWER FOR UNLOADING HEADS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH ELASTIC DAMPERS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH HEAD ARM INCLUDING RIGID ARM BASE AND PLATE SPRING SUSPENSION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH INSULATORS TO MINIMIZE EXTERNAL VIBRATIONS DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH INTERMITTENTLY OPERATED SERVO SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR LOW POWER CONSUMPTION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH POWER CONSERVATION CAPABILITY DISK DRIVE APPARATUS WITH SHUTTER LOCKING MECHANISM WHICH IS PREVENTIVE OF PLAY OF DISK CARTRIDGE IN LOADING CONDITION DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, AND DISK FORMATTING METHOD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE, AND ATTACHMENT METHOD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, HARD DISK DRIVE, AND ENCLOSURE FOR HARD DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE APPARATUS, HARD DISK DRIVE, FILTER, AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK DRIVE ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING A CURRENT-INDUCED LATCHING DEVICE DISK DRIVE ARRAY MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING INSTANT FORMAT CAPABILITY DISK DRIVE ARRAY MEMORY SYSTEM USING NONUNIFORM DISK DRIVES DISK DRIVE ARRAY SYSTEM DISK DRIVE ARRAY SYSTEM HAVING INTERNAL SYNCHRONIZATION AND EXTERNAL SYNCHRONIZATION MONITORING DISK DRIVE ARRAY WITH EFFICIENT BACKGROUND REBUILDING DISK DRIVE ARRAY WITH REQUEST FRAGMENTATION DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD HAVING DIRECT AERODYNAMIC DISK SUPPORT DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH A DISK DRIVE MODULE ROTATABLE ON A CHASSIS BETWEEN AN EXPOSED POSITION AND A CONCEALED POSITION DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED SECURING AND RELEASING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH PRESS FIT LEVER DISK DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH VIBRATION DAMPENING PIVOT ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE BARRIERS THAT RESTRAIN MOVEMENT OF THE DRIVE ACTUATOR DISK DRIVE BASE DESIGN FOR MODIFYING AIRFLOW GENERATED FROM ROTATION OF DISK DISK DRIVE BLOCK ORDERING SYSTEM DISK DRIVE BRACKET DISK DRIVE BRACKET WITH PRESSING MEANS DISK DRIVE BREATHER FILTER WITH ADSORBENT LAYER SHORTER THAN RECEIVING SHEET APERTURE DISK DRIVE CACHE SYSTEM USING A DYNAMIC PRIORITY SEQUENTIAL STREAM OF DATA SEGMENTS CONTINUOUSLY ADAPTED ACCORDING TO PREFETCHED SEQUENTIAL RANDOM, AND REPEATING TYPES OF ACCESSES DISK DRIVE CAGE ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE CAPABLE OF AUTONOMOUSLY EVALUATING AND ADAPTING THE FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF ITS SERVO CONTROL SYSTEM DISK DRIVE CAPABLE OF AVOIDING THE CONTACT OF DISK AND HEAD SLIDER IN LOADING DISK DRIVE CAPABLE OF LOADING A DISK PACKAGE CONTAINING MULTIPLE DISKS OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND LOCKING MECHANISM DEPENDENT ON INDIVIDUAL DISK TYPE DISK DRIVE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING EJECTION OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM EVEN UPON ERRONEOUS DEPRESSION OF EJECT BUTTON DURING WORK DISK DRIVE CAPABLE OF REREADING SAME SIGNAL FROM DISK IN CASE OF ERROR IN READ SIGNAL DISK DRIVE CARRIER APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD DISK DRIVE CARRIER WITH HIGH COOLING EFFICIENCY DISK DRIVE CARTRIDGE DOOR DISK DRIVE CIRCUIT WITH PARTIAL MATCH DETECTION FOR PREDETERMINED BIT SEQUENCE DISK DRIVE COMMAND QUEUING METHOD USING TWO MEMORY DEVICES FOR STORING TWO TYPES OF COMMANDS SEPARATELY FIRST BEFORE QUEUING COMMANDS IN THE SECOND MEMORY DEVICE DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A BISTABLE LATCH WITH BI-LEVEL GROOVES AND A SPRING RESTRAINING FORCE DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A COATING BONDED TO A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A COVER HAVING SLOTS NEAR A SHAFT APERTURE FOR REDUCING RESONANCE DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A DEMAND LIMIT CIRCUIT FOR ENHANCING POWER MANAGEMENT DURING SPIN DOWN DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A HOLDER UNIT AND CHASSIS UNIT DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A MOTOR DRIVER IC EMPLOYING A SERIAL INTERFACE FOR INITIATING THE TRANSMISSION OF REAL-TIME STATUS DATA TO A CONTROLLER IC DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A MULTIPLE-INPUT SEQUENCE DETECTOR SELECTIVELY BIASED BY BITS OF A DECODED ECC CODEDWORD DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A NOTCHED DISK CLAMP FOR IMPROVED DISK BALANCE DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A PLASTIC MOLDED CRASH STOP WITH EMBEDDED MAGNET FOR LATCHING AN ACTUATOR ARM DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A PROGRAMMABLE PREAMPLIFIER INCLUDING A MULTIPLEXER FOR SELECTING BETWEEN INTERNAL DIGITAL SIGNALS FOR OUTPUT TO A TERMINAL DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A SNAP-ON DISK CLAMP DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING A FLEX CIRCUIT AND HAVING A RESTRAINING MEMBER FOR VERTICALLY RESTRAINING AN INERTIAL LATCH DISK DRIVE COMPRISING A VOICE COIL MOTOR HAVING A YOKE WITH A MULTIPLE-BEND MAGNETIC FLUX CONDUCTOR DISK DRIVE COMPRISING AN ACTUATOR DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR RETRACTING A HEAD INDEPENDENT OF A SERVO MICROPROCESSOR WHEN A SPINDLE SPEED FAULT MODE IS DETECTED DISK DRIVE COMPRISING AN INERTIAL ACTUATOR LATCH WITH STRIP-SPRING BIASING DISK DRIVE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATOR FOR CONTROLLING A VCM ACTUATOR AND TRANSFORMER FOR CONTROLLING A PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR DISK DRIVE COMPRISING ENCRYPTION CIRCUITRY SELECTIVELY ENABLED BY VERIFYING A CIRCUIT THAT PROVIDES PLAINTEXT DATA DISK DRIVE COMPRISING SPIN DOWN CIRCUITRY HAVING A CURRENT LIMIT CIRCUIT FOR ENHANCING POWER AND BRAKING CONTROL DISK DRIVE COMPRISING SPIN DOWN CIRCUITRY HAVING A POWER CLAMP CIRCUIT FOR ENHANCING POWER AND BRAKING CONTROL DISK DRIVE COMPRISING SPIN DOWN CIRCUITRY HAVING A PROGRAMMABLE SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR ENHANCING POWER AND BRAKING CONTROL DISK DRIVE COMPRISING THERMAL ASPERITY PROTECTION BY REDUCING AN ELECTRICAL BIAS SUPPLIED TO A MAGNETO-RESISTIVE HEAD DISK DRIVE COMPUTER WITH PROGRAMMABLE NONVOLATILE MEMORY CAPABLE OF REWRITING A CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE CONFIGURED TO EXPAND TO DISK-STORING SIZE FROM COMPACT SIZE THAT IS SMALLER THAN DIAMETER OF DISK DISK DRIVE CONSTRUCTED TO ISOLATE MOTOR VIBRATION DISK DRIVE CONTROL COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR REWRITING CONTROL PROGRAM IN FLASH EEPROM WITH SERIAL COMMUNICATION USING UNASSIGNED PINS OF SCSI OR ATA CONNECTOR | DISK DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ACTUATOR COIL DISK DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM USING A DISK CONTROLLER DISK DRIVE CONTROL UNIT HAVING SETS OF OPERATING COMMAND AND OPERATION LENGTH INFORMATION AND GENERATING END SIGNAL BASED UPON OPERATION LENGTH INFORMATION DISK DRIVE CONTROL WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION FIELDS DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER ACCEPTING FIRST COMMANDS FOR ACCESSING COMPOSITE DRIVES AND SECOND COMMANDS FOR INDIVIDUAL DIAGNOSTIC DRIVE CONTROL WHEREIN COMMANDS ARE TRANSPARENT TO EACH OTHER DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SKIPPING DEFECTIVE AND/OR UNDESIRED SECTORS DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING DATA FLOW THERETHROUGH BY SWITCHING TO SECONDARY BUS TO RECEIVE CLOCK PULSES WHEN A FAILURE ON MASTER BUS IS DETECTED DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER WITH A POSTED WRITE CACHE MEMORY DISK DRIVE COOLING SYSTEM BRACKET DISK DRIVE COVER FEATURES FOR SPINDLE RESONANCE TUNING AND DAMPING DISK DRIVE CRASH STOP DISK DRIVE DAMPER HAVING A THIN PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF THICK PORTIONS DISK DRIVE DATA PATH INTEGRITY CONTROL ARCHITECTURE DISK DRIVE DATA PROTECTION USING CLUSTERS CONTAINING ERROR DETECTION SECTORS DISK DRIVE DATA SYNCHRONIZER WITH WINDOW SHIFT SYNTHESIS DISK DRIVE DESIGN HAVING REDUCED HEIGHT AND IMPROVED MEANS FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS DISK DRIVE DEVICE DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND ACCESS SEQUENCE THEREFOR DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME DISK DRIVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF SETTING ROTATIONAL SPEED THEREOF DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING A FUNCTION OF PREVENTING VIBRATION OWING TO MASS ECCENTRICITY OF DISK DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING A HOUSING AND A FLEXIBLE CABLE CONNECTED BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND A DISK TRAY DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING A SINGLE MOTOR FOR ROTATING A PLURALITY OF DISKS DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING A SPINDLE MOTOR AND A HEAD CARRIAGE SECTION BOTH PROVIDED IN A DISK CASSETTE LOADING AREA DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING A SWINGABLE LEVER CARRYING PIN AND POSITIONED IN A SPACE BETWEEN A ROTARY PLATE AND A MAGNETIC MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE ROTARY PLATE DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING REDUCED THICKNESS DISK DRIVE DEVICE HAVING STABILIZED SPINDLE DISK DRIVE DEVICE INCLUDING A V-SHAPED AIR FILTER DISK DRIVE DEVICE WITH A HIGH FREQUENCY ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS DISK DRIVE DEVICE WITH SHOCK RESISTANCE FLEXURE AND RAMP LIMITED SYSTEM DISK DRIVE DEVICE WITH UNIFIED ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND UNRECORDED AREA DETECTING METHOD DISK DRIVE DISK DAMPER DISK DRIVE DISK STACK CLAMP DISK DRIVE EJECTOR MECHANISM WITH LATCH AND EJECTOR AND STANDBY SWITCH DISK DRIVE EMBEDDED SERVO SYSTEM HAVING A SERVO FIELD WITH AN ASYMMETRICAL POSITION SUBFIELD DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING A MULTI-LAYER NOISE-DAMPENING HDA COVER DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING A MULTIPLE-INPUT SEQUENCE DETECTOR RESPONSIVE TO RELIABILITY METRICS TO IMPROVE A RETRY OPERATION DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING A NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY FOR STORING READ CHANNEL PARAMETER CALIBRATED FOR THE DISK DRIVE USED TO RECOVER DISK CHANNEL PARAMETER DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING A SYNC MARK DETECTOR COMPRISING A MATCHED FILTER AND A DUAL POLARITY CORRELATOR DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING A VOICE COIL MOTOR COMPRISING A YOKE FOR GENERATING A UNDIRECTIONAL MAGNETIC FLUX AND A VOICE COIL PARTIALLY INTERACTING WITH THE UNDIRECTIONAL MAGNETIC FLUX DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING ADAPTIVE FEED-FORWARD VIBRATION COMPENSATION TO ENHANCE A RETRY OPERATION DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING ALLOCATION-BASED SCAN REPORTING DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING COMPACT MAGNETIC ACTUATOR LATCH MECHANISM DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURED READ CHANNEL TO PROCESS A READ SIGNAL AT TWO DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING FIELD CALIBRATION BASED ON MARGINAL SECTORS DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING METHOD OF MONITORING TRANSDUCER FLYING HEIGHT TO RETIRE DEFECTIVE DATA SITE ON RECORDING SURFACE DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING METHOD OF SPINNING DOWN ITS SPINDLE MOTOR TO REDUCE THE TIME REQUIRED FOR SPINNING IT DOWN AND SUBSEQUENTLY SPINNING IT UP DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING METHOD OF SPINNING DOWN ITS SPINDLE MOTOR TO REDUCE THE TIME REQUIRED FOR SUBSEQUENTLY SPINNING IT UP DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING METHOD OF SPINNING UP SPINDLE MOTOR INCLUDING DETECTING BEMF POLARITY CHANGE FOR SELECTING INITIAL COMMUTATION STATE DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING METHOD OF UNLATCHING ACTUATOR ARM USING VCM VOLTAGE LIMITING CIRCUIT TO LIMIT ACTUATOR ARM VELOCITY DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING METHOD OF WRITING A DATA BLOCK TO A DATA SECTOR FOLLOWING A DEFECTIVE SERVO SECTOR DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING MULTI-MODE SPINDLE DRIVE SYSTEM DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING OFF-LINE SCAN TO COLLECT SELECTION-CONTROL DATA FOR SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDING WHETHER TO VERIFY AFTER WRITE DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING POWER SOURCE MODULATION FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING READ CHANNEL IC WITH COMMON PORT FOR DATA AND SERVO DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING READ ERROR TOLERANT SYNC MARK DETECTION DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING SECTOR-RECONSTRUCTION-INTERLEAVE SECTORS EACH STORING REDUNDANCY DATA GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN INTERLEAVE OF DATA SECTORS DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING SEPARATE READ AND WRITE REPEATABLE RUNOUT ESTIMATED VALUES FOR A HEAD HAVING A READ ELEMENT OFFSET FROM A WRITE ELEMENT DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING SPINDLE MOTOR COMMUTATION TIME VARIATION FOR REDUCING ACOUSTIC NOISE DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING STATE VARIABLE TRAP REGISTERS FOR PROVIDING STORED SERVO AND USER DATA STATE VARIABLES TO SAMPLED-DATA CHANNEL DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING THRESHOLDS FOR CACHE MEMORY ALLOCATION DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING VCM DEMAND CURRENT TO CALIBRATE VCM IR VOLTAGE FOR VELOCITY CONTROL OF AN ACTUATOR ARM DISK DRIVE EMPLOYING VECTOR ADDITION OF PRIMARY PHASE WRITE CLOCK SIGNALS FOR GENERATING SECONDARY PHASE WRITE CLOCK SIGNAL DISK DRIVE ENCLOSED BY SHOCK ABSORBENT JACKET AND MOUNTED IN ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT DISK DRIVE ENCLOSURE DISK DRIVE ENCLOSURE OPTIMIZED FOR MIXED SLIM AND HALF HIGH DRIVE SIZE DISK DRIVE ENCLOSURE WITH DISK HOLDERS DISK DRIVE ERROR RECOVERY AND DEFECT MANAGEMENT METHOD DISK DRIVE FILTER DISK DRIVE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH REMOVABLE MEDIA THAT INCLUDE MEDIA TYPE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION DISK DRIVE FOR CONTROLLING MAXIMUM CURRENT THAT FLOWS THROUGH SAME DISK DRIVE FOR DETECTING A POLARITY ERROR OF A MAGNETORESISTIVE HEAD BY DETECTING A SYNC MARK DISK DRIVE FOR DETECTING A RETROREFLECTIVE MARKER ON A DATA STORAGE CARTRIDGE DISK DRIVE FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING MEMORY ACCESSED CONCURRENTLY BY A HOST INTERFACE AND A DISK INTERFACE TO FACILITATE LARGE HOST COMMANDS DISK DRIVE FOR INFORMATION STORAGE DISK DRIVE FOR PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH ADAPTIVE DEMAND-DRIVEN POWER MANAGEMENT DISK DRIVE FOR RECEIVING A REMOVABLE CARTRIDGE AND METHOD OF INSERTING THE CARTRIDGE DISK DRIVE FOR RELOCATING A BLOCK OF DATA SECTORS NEAR A DEFECTIVE SERVO SECTOR TO EXPEDITE WRITE OPERATIONS DISK DRIVE FOR REMOVABLE DISK CARTRIDGES AND RECEIVABLE INTO A PCMCIA PORT OF A COMPUTER DISK DRIVE FOR SELECTIVELY SATISFYING A READ REQUEST FROM A HOST COMPUTER FOR A FIRST VALID DATA BLOCK WITH A SECOND VALID DATA BLOCK DISK DRIVE FOR STORING SECTOR-RECONSTRUCTION SECTORS AND FOR STORING A SECTOR-RECONSTRUCTION STATUS IN SECTORS DISTRIBUTED AROUND A DISK DISK DRIVE FOR UPDATING OPERATING ZONE PARAMETERS WITH ADAPTED ZONE PARAMETERS CALIBRATED IN THE FIELD DISK DRIVE FOR WRITING MICRO-JOG VALUES ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF A RESERVED TRACK AND FOR WRITING USER DATA OFFSET FROM THE CENTERLINE OF A DATA TRACK DISK DRIVE HAVING A CACHE PORTION FOR STORING WRITE DATA SEGMENTS OF A PREDETERMINED LENGTH DISK DRIVE HAVING A CHANNEL CIRCUIT WHICH RECEIVES A READ SIGNAL REPRESENTING DATA IN A DATA SECTOR AND DATA IN A SERVO SECTOR IN A FIRST ORDER AND DEMODULATES THE READ SIGNAL TO PROVIDE DATA SECTOR DATA AND SERVO-SECTOR DATA IN A SECOND ORDER DISK DRIVE HAVING A CRASH STOP DETENT ACTUATOR LATCH DISK DRIVE HAVING A DISK LOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE HAVING A DISK TRAY DISK DRIVE HAVING A HEAD DISK ASSEMBLY ENCLOSURE INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED HINGE DISK DRIVE HAVING A LIFTING MEMBER DISK DRIVE HAVING A LOW INERTIA AND NARROW ANGLE COIL DISK DRIVE HAVING A MASS BALANCED HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE HAVING A PIVOT ASSEMBLY WHICH DEFINES A KNIFE EDGE FACING IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF AN ACTUATOR ARM DISK DRIVE HAVING A PIVOTAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF DEFINING A UNIQUE POSITION OF A SUPPORT MEMBER ON A LOWER SURFACE OF A DISK HOLDING TABLE DISK DRIVE HAVING A REGISTER SET FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME POSITION VARIABLES TO A HOST DISK DRIVE HAVING A RESIN COVER IMPROVED IN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROTECTION CHARACTERISTICS DISK DRIVE HAVING A SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING THE READ/WRITE HEADS DISK DRIVE HAVING A THICKNESS EQUAL TO AN IC MEMORY CARD DISK DRIVE HAVING A VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE RAMP LOAD DISK DRIVE HAVING A WRITE CONDITION DETECTOR FOR SUSPENDING WRITE OPERATIONS WHILE A TRANSDUCER FLYING HEIGHT DEVIATES FROM ITS OPERATING FLYING HEIGHT DISK DRIVE HAVING ACTUATOR MOTION DAMPER VIA HISTERESIS ENERGY LOSS OF LOW ENERGY MAGNET PLACED WITHIN MAGNETIC FIELD OF A VOICE COIL MOTOR DISK DRIVE HAVING AIRFLOW SUPPRESSOR COMB FOR REDUCED DISK ROTATION INDUCED AIRFLOW DISK DRIVE HAVING AIRFLOW SUPPRESSOR COMB WITH CURVED EXTENSION FOR REDUCED DISK ROTATION INDUCED AIRFLOW DISK DRIVE HAVING AN AUTOMATIC SPINDLE MOTOR LOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE HAVING AN I.D. RAMP LOADING SYSTEM EMPLOYING MULTIPLE-FUNCTION SPACER STRUCTURE DISK DRIVE HAVING AN IMPROVED ERRONEOUS DISK CARTRIDGE INSERTION PREVENTING DEVICE, AND A DISK CARTRIDGE FOR USE WITH THE DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVE HAVING AN IMPROVED TRANSDUCER SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE HAVING AN INSERT WITH A CHANNEL FOR DIRECTING AIR FLOW TO A ROTARY ACTUATOR VOICECOIL DISK DRIVE HAVING AN INWARDLY RADIALLY SPRING LOADED HARD RING DISK PACK ATTACHMENT TO THE DISK MOTOR ROTOR DISK DRIVE HAVING AN O-RING DISK CLAMP DISK DRIVE HAVING ANTI-WOBBLING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE HAVING BREATHER SHROUD DISK DRIVE HAVING BREATHING FILTER PROTECTING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE HAVING BUILT-IN SELF-TEST SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING PERFORMANCE OF THE DRIVE DISK DRIVE HAVING CONTROL MECHANISM TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE REDUNDANT WRITE OPERATIONS AND THE METHOD THEREOF DISK DRIVE HAVING DATA-GUARDING FIRMWARE DISK DRIVE HAVING DOUBLE HEADS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAD SWITCHING DISK DRIVE HAVING DPS LOGGING SECTOR DISK DRIVE HAVING ECCENTRICITY CORRECTION DEVICE DISK DRIVE HAVING ELASTOMERIC INTERFACE IN PIVOT BEARING ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE HAVING EXTERNAL SHOCK RESISTANCE DISK DRIVE HAVING FIRST-WRITTEN SERVO WEDGE MARKED AND METHOD FOR FORMING MARKED SERVO WEDGES DISK DRIVE HAVING HEAD POSITIONING SERVO WITH IMPROVED SERVO READ SIGNAL PROCESSING USING MEDIAN SERVO BURST PEAK MAGNITUDES DISK DRIVE HAVING IMPROVED HEAD-VELOCITY CONTROL, AND METHOD THEREFOR DISK DRIVE HAVING IMPROVED RUNOUT-ERROR COMPENSATION, AND METHOD THEREFOR DISK DRIVE HAVING ON-BOARD TRIGGERED DIGITAL SAMPLING ANALYZER DISK DRIVE HAVING OPTIMIZED OFF-TRACK COMPENSATION DISK DRIVE HAVING OPTIMIZED SPINDLE SPEED FOR ENVIRONMENT DISK DRIVE HAVING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED SHROUD DISK DRIVE HAVING POSITION SENSOR FOR RAMP LOAD AND UNLOAD, AND METHOD FOR ITS USE DISK DRIVE HAVING POSITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM USING LOGICAL CYLINDER ADDRESS INFORMATION DISK DRIVE HAVING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY A SECOND PROCESSOR STORED IN A FIRST PROCESSOR'S ROM IN A COMPRESSED FORM DISK DRIVE HAVING RIGID ACTUATOR ARM STRUCTURES DISK DRIVE HAVING SEPARATE INTERFACES FOR HOST COMMANDS AND AUDIOVISUAL DATA DISK DRIVE HAVING SEPARATE MOTION SENSORS FOR BASE AND ACTUATOR DISK DRIVE HAVING SUPPORT POSTS ALIGNED WITH STORAGE DISK AND ACTUATOR MOUNTING POINTS TO REDUCE MECHANICAL OFF-TRACKING DISK DRIVE HAVING THE MOTOR CORE SECURED VIA THE DISK ROTATING BEARING FLANGE TO THE CHASSIS DISK DRIVE HAVING TWO TIERED DEFECT LIST COMPRISING MARGINAL AND RESERVED DATA SECTORS DISK DRIVE HEAD ACTUATOR FABRICATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING STANDARDIZED SELF-ALIGNING MODULAR COMPONENTS DISK DRIVE HEAD CARRIAGE LOCK HAVING SOLENOID WITHIN FRAME OF LOCK MEMBER DISK DRIVE HEAD DISK ASSEMBLY ACTUATOR MOUNT MECHANISM DISK DRIVE HEAD HAVING A READ WIDE/WRITE NARROW ARCHITECTURE DISK DRIVE HEAD POSITION ENCODER DISK DRIVE HEAD SUPPORT ARM AND ARM ASSEMBLY UTILIZING PLURAL DATUM FEATURES DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY WITH MICROACTUATOR DISK DRIVE HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING GAPS IN THE LOAD BEAM WHICH ARE AT LEAST PARTIALLY FILLED WITH OR COVERED BY DAMPING MATERIAL DISK DRIVE HEAD-SELECT VERIFICATION DISK DRIVE HOLDER AND INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM DISK DRIVE HOUSING WITH RECESS FOR CIRCUIT PANEL DISK DRIVE HUB ASSEMBLY WITH AIR FLOW GUIDE PASSAGES DISK DRIVE IMPROVED IN MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD WITH RESPECT TO A MOTOR FRAME DISK DRIVE IN WHICH MAGNETIC HEAD-TO-DISK CAPACITIVE COUPLING IS ELIMINATED DISK DRIVE IN-HUB RADIAL-GAP SPINDLE MOTOR WITH COILS GENERATING AXIAL FIELDS DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A BASEPLATE WELL FOR THE SPIN MOTOR DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A DUST CATCHING CHAMBER AND AN ASSOCIATED GASKET PORTION DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A RECORDING SURFACE EMPLOYING SERVO ZONES RECORDED AT A CHANNEL FREQUENCY DIFFERENT FROM DATA ZONES DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A RECORDING SURFACE EMPLOYING SERVO ZONES WITH BANDED DATA ZONES DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY MONOLITHIC STATOR ASSEMBLY FABRICATED FROM LOW LOSS MAGNETIC MATERIAL DISK DRIVE INCLUDING A VIBRATION DAMPING SYSTEM HAVING A COMPRESSIBLE FOAM AND MASS DAMPER FIXED ADJACENT TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR REDUCING NOISE AND VIBRATION DISK DRIVE INCLUDING CONDUCTIVE PATH BETWEEN DISK DRIVE BASE AND COVER THROUGH FASTENER SUPPORT DISK DRIVE INCLUDING DAMPING MEMBER DISPOSED UPON LATCH FOR DAMPING TANG-TO-LATCH IMPACT AND MITIGATING TANG-TO-LATCH CONTACT DISK DRIVE INCLUDING DC TO DC VOLTAGE CONVERTER FOR INCREASING VOLTAGE TO ITS SPINDLE MOTOR AND VCM DISK DRIVE INCLUDING DISK CLAMP WITH NON-SYMMETRIC ENGAGED FASTENER HOLES AND FASTENER TORQUE DISK DRIVE INCLUDING DISK PLATE INCLUDING HEAD AND/OR ARM LIMITER PORTIONS FOR MODIFYING AIRFLOW ADJACENT A DISK DISK DRIVE INCLUDING DISK SPACER WITH DIFFERENT SIDE SURFACE PATTERNS DISK DRIVE INCLUDING ELECTRICAL TRACES INTEGRALLY FORMED UPON DISK DRIVE HOUSING DISK DRIVE INCLUDING EMBEDDED VOICE COIL MAGNET PLATES DISK DRIVE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE PRINT BOARD AND BACK TENSION REGULATING PIECE DISK DRIVE INCLUDING MULTI-STAGE ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFUSION BUFFER DISK DRIVE INCLUDING N-CURRENT PREAMPLIFIER FOR GENERATING N-INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLED WRITE CURRENTS DISK DRIVE INCLUDING RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING DISK OPERATION INFORMATION RECORDED THEREON DISK DRIVE INCLUDING RESILIENT SECURING SYSTEM PROVIDING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SIDE RAILS AND HEAD DISK ASSEMBLY TO ACCOMMODATE SIDE RAILS ENGAGING GUIDE CHANNELS IN A CHASSIS DISK DRIVE INCLUDING SLIDER WITH CONTACT EDGE AND RECESSED READ TRANSDUCER DISK DRIVE INCLUDING SLIDER WITH RECESSED MAGNETO-RESISTIVE TRANSDUCER DISK DRIVE INCLUDING SLOPED BASE AND COVER DISK DRIVE INCLUDING STRAIN TRANSDUCER FOR DETECTING MECHANICAL SHOCK DISK DRIVE INCLUDING UNITARY DECK FOR ALIGNING AND SUPPORTING AXIALLY RETRACTABLE SPINDLE ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE INCOMPATIBLE FIRMWARE RECOVERY DISK DRIVE INCORPORATING READ-VERIFY AFTER WRITE METHOD DISK DRIVE INCORPORATING VIBRATION SUPPRESSING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE WITH BASEPLATE AND COVER HAVING OVERLAPPING EDGE PORTIONS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE DISK DRIVE INITIATED DATA TRANSFERS RESPONSIVE TO SEQUENTIAL OR NEAR SEQUENTIAL READ OR WRITE REQUESTS DISK DRIVE INSERTION TOOL AND METHOD DISK DRIVE INTERFACE COMBINING A MAGNETO-RESISTIVE READ AND INDUCTIVE WRITE CIRCUITS DISK DRIVE INTERFACE WITH VARIABLY SPACEABLE CONNECTORS DISK DRIVE ISOLATION MOUNT DISK DRIVE JACKET DISK DRIVE KNIFE EDGE PIVOT DISK DRIVE LASER MELT BUMP DISK FOR ACCURATE GLIDE CALIBRATION AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSING DISK DRIVE LATCHING ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE LOAD BEAM STRUCTURE HAVING LIFT ROD AND HEAD MOUNTED ON SAME SIDE THEREOF DISK DRIVE LOAD RAMP FOR PROTECTING THE ACTUATOR HEADS DISK DRIVE LOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE LOADING/UNLOADING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS DISK DRIVE LOCK DISK DRIVE LOCK ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE LOCK HAVING A HOOK MECHANISM TO ENGAGE A DISKETTE PROTECTIVE COVER PUSH ROD DISK DRIVE LOCKING MEMBER WITH HANDLE DISK DRIVE LUBRICANT RESERVOIR DISK DRIVE LUBRICANT RESERVOIR SYSTEMS AND LUBRICANTS USED THEREIN DISK DRIVE MAGNETIC ACTUATOR LATCH MECHANISM HAVING A LATCH LEVER WITH MAGNETIC MEMBERS ON EACH END THEREOF FOR LATCHING AND UNLATCHING THE ACTUATOR USING VOICE COIL MOTOR MAGNET DISK DRIVE MECHANISM DISK DRIVE MEMORY CARD ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT DISK DRIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS DISK DRIVE METHOD OF DETERMINING SCSI BUS STATE INFORMATION AFTER A SCSI BUS RESET CONDITION DISK DRIVE METHOD USING ZONED DATA RECORDING AND PRML SAMPLING DATA DETECTION WITH DIGITAL ADAPTIVE EQUALIZATION DISK DRIVE MICROMOTION STARTING APPARATUS AND METHOD DISK DRIVE MODULE DISK DRIVE MOTOR DISK DRIVE MOTOR HAVING A DRIVE PIN ASSEMBLY WHICH FACILITATES STABILIZED CHUCKING OF A DISK DISK DRIVE MOTOR POSITION DETECTION USING MUTUAL INDUCTANCE ZERO CROSSING DISK DRIVE MOTOR SPIN-UP CONTROL DISK DRIVE MOTOR SPINDLE HUB ASSEMBLY WITH SEPARATELY FORMED HUB CERAMIC FLANGE ATTACHMENT DISK DRIVE MOTOR WITH LABYRINTH SEAL DISK DRIVE MOTOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ITS ROTOR DISK DRIVE MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE COMPUTER DISK DRIVE MOUNTING STRUCTURE DISK DRIVE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR COMPUTERS AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A DISK DRIVE TO A COMPUTER CHASSIS DISK DRIVE MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ABSORBING SHOCK AND VIBRATION IN A MACHINING ENVIRONMENT DISK DRIVE OF A SECTOR SERVO SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING AND CONTROLLING A HEAD AT A TARGET POSITION ON A DISK DISK DRIVE OPTICAL SWITCH DISK DRIVE OR LIKE PERIPHERAL STORAGE DEVICE ADAPTED FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADING, SELF-TESTING, ETC. DISK DRIVE PASS-THROUGH CONNECTOR DISK DRIVE PERFORMING A READ-AHEAD OPERATION OF THE DATA FROM THE DISK DISK DRIVE PIN SUPPORT MECHANISM IN A ROTATING DISK DATA STORAGE APPARATUS DISK DRIVE PIVOT BEARING AND ACTUATOR ARM ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE PLATTER USING SPUTTER SHADOWS THEREON FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION THEREOF DISK DRIVE POWER CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD DISK DRIVE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DISK DRIVE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD DISK DRIVE PULSE DETECTION METHOD AND CIRCUIT DISK DRIVE RAMP STRUCTURE HAVING INTEGRATED DISCRETE RIGID SUPPORT ELEMENTS FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE DISK DRIVE RECIRCULATION FILTER ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING ACTUATOR ARM WITH DUAL HEADS AND HEAD SWITCHING CONTROL METHOD DISK DRIVE RELIABILITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD DISK DRIVE ROTARY ACTUATOR HAVING ARM WITH CROSS-MEMBER CONTAINING ELASTOMERIC DAMPING MEMBER DISK DRIVE ROTARY ACTUATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING SYNCHRONOUS COUNTER TORQUE GENERATOR DISK DRIVE ROTARY ACTUATOR WITH ROCKING PIVOT DISK DRIVE SEAL ATTACHED TO A MOTOR RING FLANGE DISK DRIVE SEEK CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING PREDICTED MOTION PARAMETER AND DYNAMIC TRAJECTORY ALIGNMENT DISK DRIVE SELECTIVELY CONTROLLED TO PROVIDE CACHE SCAN BEFORE SEEK DISK DRIVE SERVO CONTROL DISK DRIVE SERVO CONTROL SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE FILTERING FOR REDUCTION OF REPEATABLE RUNOUT DISK DRIVE SERVO CONTROL WITH PULSE WIDTH AND AMPLITUDE CONTROL FOR A POSITION SERVO SIGNAL DISK DRIVE SERVO DEMODULATION SYSTEM WHICH SUPPRESSES NOISE ON THE POSITION ERROR SIGNAL DISK DRIVE SERVO SENSING GAIN NORMALIZATION AND LINEARIZATION | DISK DRIVE SERVOSYSTEM USING GRAY CODE DISK DRIVE SHOCK ABSORPTION MECHANISM DISK DRIVE SLED INSERTION AND REMOVAL SYSTEM DISK DRIVE SPINDLE AIR BEARING DISK DRIVE SPINDLE AIR BEARING WITH FEATURES TO IMPROVE START-STOP PERFORMANCE DISK DRIVE SPINDLE HUB ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH STATOR HAVING A RESILIENT COVERING WITH A ROUTING MEANS, AN ATTACHING MEANS AND A CONNECTING MEANS TO OPERATIVELY CONNECT STATOR TO A BASE DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR HAVING SPLIT WINDINGS FOR EACH PHASE DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR SPEED AND TIMING CONTROL DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR START UP USING AN ADDITIONAL MOTOR WINDING UPON STARTUP FAILURE DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR WITH EMBEDDED IONIZING SOURCE FOR STATIC CHARGE DISSIPATION DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR WITH RADIAL GAP AND FIELD GENERATING COILS INTERCONNECTED BY RING FLUX GUIDE DISK DRIVE SPINDLE MOTOR WITH WIRE GUIDE INSERT DISK DRIVE SPINDLE SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD DISK DRIVE START-UP FAILURE DETECTION UNDER DISPARATE CONDITIONS DISK DRIVE STATUS GRAPHICAL DISPLAY DISK DRIVE STICTION RELEASE SYSTEM DISK DRIVE STORAGE ENCLOSURE WITH ISOLATED COOLING PATH FOR STORAGE MEDIA DISK DRIVE STORING TEST PATTERN IN CALIBRATION SECTORS THAT ARE LONGER THAN USER DATA SECTORS FOR ZONE PARAMETER CALIBRATION DISK DRIVE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND METHODS DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION FOR INCREASING THE ARM TO DISK CLEARANCE DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION HAVING CONTROLLED SLIDER ATTACHMENT DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION MOUNTING PLATE WITH TORQUE ENHANCING FEATURE DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION WITH ENCAPSULATED DAMPING MATERIAL DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION WITH HYBRID FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT LEADS DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION WITH HYBRID LEADS DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION WITH JUMPER LEAD SEGMENTS DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION WITH MINIMUM WIRE-INDUCED BIAS DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION WITH MULTI-LAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR CONTROLLED GRAM LOAD DISK DRIVE SYNCHRONIZATION DISK DRIVE SYSTEM DISK DRIVE SYSTEM AND CONTROL CIRCUITRY ADAPTED FOR DOWNWARD COMPATIBILITY DISK DRIVE SYSTEM CONFIGURABLE FOR MULTIPLE SUPPLY VOLTAGES DISK DRIVE SYSTEM EMPLOYING ADAPTIVE READ/WRITE CHANNEL CONTROLS AND METHOD OF USING SAME DISK DRIVE SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING OPTIMUM I/O OPERATING SYSTEM DISK DRIVE SYSTEM FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF I FRAMES NON-INTERLACED WITH RESPECT TO B FRAMES BY STORING B FRAMES IN A SEPARATE CYLINDER DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING A NOVEL HEAD ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND MOUNTING PLATE CONFIGURATION DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING A NOVEL HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY WITH A SINGLE OFFSET MOUNTING PLATE ON EACH ACTUATOR ARM DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING A REMOVABLE MODULE DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING COMBINED CLAMP/EJECT SWITCH DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING DATA STORAGE AND CONDUCTOR PROTECTING FEATURES DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING HYBRID ANALOG/DIGITAL PULSE PEAK INSTANCE/AMPLITUDE DATA DETECTION CHANNELS DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED CARTRIDGE-LOADING APPARATUS INCLUDING DIRECT DRIVE GEAR TRAIN AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND OPERATING SAME DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING OPEN SLOT SWAGE CONNECTION DISK DRIVE SYSTEM HAVING REMOVABLE MODULES DISK DRIVE SYSTEM INCLUDING A DRAM ARRAY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING INITIAL INFORMATION INTO THE ARRAY DISK DRIVE SYSTEM INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE EMPLOYING STATE MACHINES DISK DRIVE SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE EMBEDDED QUADRATURE SERVO FIELDS DISK DRIVE SYSTEM USING RECEIVED ADDRESS FOR SELECTING DISK PROCESSING FORMAT DISK DRIVE SYSTEM USING SECTOR BUFFER FOR STORING NON-DUPLICATE DATA IN SAID SECTOR BUFFER DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WHICH USES A COMMON DAC FOR DIGITAL POSITIONING CONTROL AND ANALOG POSITIONING CONTROL DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE SPINDLE AND ACTUATOR POWER TO IMPROVE SEEK AND ACCESS PERFORMANCE DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH ENCLOSED REMOVABLE CARTRIDGE INCLUDING VOICE COIL/HEAD/DISK ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH HYBRID SURFACE-BASED DATA MAPPING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL ARM FOR PREVENTING SHOCK DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH PLURAL REMOVABLE CARRIER-DISK DRIVE MODULES DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH RELEASING APPARATUS DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH REMOVABLE DISK-DRIVE UNITS DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH TRANSPORTABLE CARRIER AND MOUNTING ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE SYSTEM, PROCESS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF FOR IMPROVED DISK STIFFNESS DISK DRIVE TEST CHAMBER DISK DRIVE TEST RACK WITH UNIVERSAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DISK DRIVE TEST SEQUENCE EDITOR DISK DRIVE TESTING DISK DRIVE THAT DISCERNS THE POLARITY OF A HEAD SIGNAL FROM A SYNC MARK TO ENHANCE DATA DETECTION DISK DRIVE THAT MONITORS THE FLYING HEIGHT OF A DUAL ELEMENT TRANSDUCER USING A THERMALLY INDUCED SIGNAL DURING WRITE OPERATIONS 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 DISK DRIVE TO CHASSIS MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD DISK DRIVE TRANSDUCER SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY OF REDUCED THICKNESS DISK DRIVE UNIT DISK DRIVE UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME DISK DRIVE UNIT AND ERROR RECOVERY METHOD EXECUTING SHORTER ERROR RECOVERY PROCEDURE WHEN WRITE ERRORS AND RESET INSTRUCTION OCCUR DISK DRIVE UNIT FOR A MAGNETIC DISK SYSTEM DISK DRIVE UNIT FOR FACILITATING THE EJECTION AND RETRACTION OF A TRAY WITH RESPECT TO A MAIN BODY DISK DRIVE UNIT HAVING A TURNTABLE WITH A PROJECTION TO ASSURE PROPER DISK MOUNTING DISK DRIVE UNIT HAVING IMPROVED SHUTTER MECHANISM DISK DRIVE UNIT HAVING MOTOR COMPONENTS IN A COMPACT ARRANGEMENT DISK DRIVE UNIT HAVING MULTIPLE DISKS ARRANGED IN A PLANE DISK DRIVE UNIT OVERHEATING WARNING SYSTEM DISK DRIVE UNIT TILT DEVICE DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH A DUSTPROOF CAP ATTACHED TO A BODY MODULE TO PROTECT INTERNAL COMPONENTS FROM DUST DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH HYDRODYNAMIC FLUID BEARING UNIT AND DISK DEVICE WITH SAID DRIVE UNIT DISK DRIVE UNIT WITH PART OF FEED MOTOR COINCIDING IN HEIGHT WITH LOADED DISK CARTRIDGE DISK DRIVE USING DEFECT LIST TO PERFORM UNINTERRUPTED WRITING OF NON-RELOCATED DATA BLOCKS AND CACHING OF RELOCATED DATA BLOCKS FOR DEFERRED WRITING DISK DRIVE USING DISK TRAY DISK DRIVE USING MULTIPLE SERVO TIMING MARKS THAT FORM A CODE OF UNIQUE INTERRELATED BIT PATTERNS DISK DRIVE USING OFF-TRACK MARGIN TO OBTAIN OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS DISK DRIVE USING OFFSET DATA SECTORS DISK DRIVE USING PLURAL OPTICAL HEADS, CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING THE TYPES OF MEDIA DISK DRIVE USING PRML CLASS IV SAMPLING DATA DETECTION WITH DIGITAL ADAPTIVE EQUALIZATION DISK DRIVE USING PRML SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLING DATA DETECTION AND ASYNCHRONOUS DETECTION OF EMBEDDED SECTOR SERVO DISK DRIVE USING SEEK PROFILE TO ENHANCE FLY HEIGHT CONTROL DISK DRIVE USING VIRTUAL HANDS FOR CONTINUOUS ACCESS AND EXECUTION DISK DRIVE UTILIZING BEMF OF SPINDLE MOTOR TO INCREASE VCM VOLTAGE DURING SEEKS DISK DRIVE VIBRATION ISOLATION USING DIAPHRAGM ISOLATORS DISK DRIVE VIBRATION/SHOCK ATTENUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD DISK DRIVE WHICH DETECTS HEAD FLYING HEIGHT USING A LINEARLY INCREASING FREQUENCY DATA PATTERN DISK DRIVE WHICH DETECTS HEAD FLYING HEIGHT USING A PEAK COUNT BASED ON A DATA PATTERN DISK DRIVE WHICH DETECTS HEAD FLYING HEIGHT USING A PEAK COUNT BASED ON A RANDOM DATA PATTERN DISK DRIVE WHICH DETECTS HEAD FLYING HEIGHT USING FIRST AND SECOND DATA PATTERNS WITH DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES DISK DRIVE WHICH EFFICIENTLY STORES ZONE PARAMETER SETS FOR A PLURALITY OF DISK SURFACES DISK DRIVE WHICH PREVENTS MISTHREADING DISK DRIVE WHICH PROVIDES A SECURE BOOT OF A HOST COMPUTER SYSTEM FROM A PROTECTED AREA OF A DISK DISK DRIVE WITH A FLAT ANNULAR SPRING CLAMP AND COMPONENTS DIMENSIONED TO MAINTAIN DISK FLATNESS DISK DRIVE WITH A PARKING RAMP FOR PARKING HEADS DISK DRIVE WITH A PFA FUNCTION AND MONITOR VALUE SAVING CONTROL METHOD IN THE SAME DISK DRIVE WITH A PIVOT EMBEDDED TORQUE GENERATING TRACK FOLLOW ACTUATOR AND METHOD THEREFOR DISK DRIVE WITH A ROTATABLY MOUNTED DISK DRIVE MOTOR DISK DRIVE WITH A THERMAL ASPERITY REDUCTION CIRCUITRY USING A MAGNETORESIS SENSOR DISK DRIVE WITH A THERMAL ASPERITY REDUCTION CIRCUITRY USING A MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR DISK DRIVE WITH A THERMAL ASPERITY REDUCTION CIRCUITRY USING A SPIN VALVE SENSOR DISK DRIVE WITH ACCERLERATION RATE SENSING DISK DRIVE WITH ACTUATOR LOAD/UNLOAD CONTROLLER DISK DRIVE WITH ACTUATOR TO OVERCOME STICTION DISK DRIVE WITH ADAPTIVE CHANNEL OPTIMIZATION DISK DRIVE WITH ADAPTIVE CONTROL PATH THAT PRODUCES AN ADAPTIVE CONTROL EFFORT BASED ON A CHARACTERIZED DEVIATION BETWEEN ACTUAL AND MODELED PLANT RESPONSE DISK DRIVE WITH ADAPTIVE POOLING FOR COMMAND REORDERING DISK DRIVE WITH ADAPTIVE POSITIONING DISK DRIVE WITH ADAPTIVELY SEGMENTED CACHE DISK DRIVE WITH AN OBJECTIVE LENS DISPOSED IN AN OPTICAL HEAD MOVING ALONG A TRANSFER LINE NOT INTERSECTING THE CENTER OF ROTATION OF A DISK DISK DRIVE WITH AUTOMATIC DISK TYPE AND DISK INSERTION DETECTION DISK DRIVE WITH CACHE CONTROLLED ADAPTIVELY FOR AMOUNT OF PREFETCH DISK DRIVE WITH CACHE EMPLOYING HOST POINTER JUMPS DURING SKIP-AHEAD OR SEMI-REPEATING ACCESSES DISK DRIVE WITH CACHE HAVING ADAPTIVELY AGED SEGMENTS DISK DRIVE WITH CACHE HAVING ENTRY TABLE PRIORITIZED TO REDUCE SCANNING TIME FOR SEQUENTIAL STREAMS DISK DRIVE WITH CACHE REPEATEDLY ACCESSED FOR A READ COMMAND TO PROVIDE PREFETCHED DATA DISK DRIVE WITH CACHE SEGMENT PROVIDING ADAPTIVELY MANAGED CHUNKS DISK DRIVE WITH CALIBRATION BURSTS THAT ARE RECORDED ON A SPIRAL AND METHOD OF RECORDING THE SAME DISK DRIVE WITH CHASSIS OPENING FOR RECEIVING DISK MOUNTING PORTION OF MOTOR DRIVE CONE DISK DRIVE WITH CLEANING DEVICE, AND CLEANING METHOD DISK DRIVE WITH CLOSED LOOP COMMUTATOR AND ACTUATOR OSCILLATOR DISK DRIVE WITH COMPENSATION OF DISK ECCENTRICITY DISK DRIVE WITH COMPENSATION VALUES CALCULATED USING A NON-CAUSAL IMPULSE RESPONSE DISK DRIVE WITH COMPOSITE SHEET METAL AND ENCAPSULATED PLASTIC BASE DISK DRIVE WITH CONSTANT BANDWIDTH AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DISK DRIVE WITH CONTROLLED ACTUATOR OSCILLATION FOR RELEASE OF HEAD CARRIERS DISK DRIVE WITH CONTROLLED REDUCED INTERNAL PRESSURE DISK DRIVE WITH DISK RESTRAINT FOR PROTECTION AGAINST NON-OPERATIONAL SHOCKS DISK DRIVE WITH DUAL STAGE ACTUATOR RADIAL OFFSET CALIBRATION DISK DRIVE WITH DUST SHIELD COVER DISK DRIVE WITH EMBEDDED FINITE FIELD PROCESSOR FOR ERROR CORRECTION DISK DRIVE WITH ERROR CODE EMBEDDED SECTOR IDENTIFICATION DISK DRIVE WITH FAST ERROR CORRECTION VALIDATION DISK DRIVE WITH FAULT DETECTOR FOR ERASE HEADS DISK DRIVE WITH FEED-FORWARD CONTROL PATH THAT RECEIVES A REFERENCE POSITION SIGNAL TO APPLY A FEED-FORWARD COMMAND EFFORT AT A RATE GREATER THAN A SERVO SAMPLING RATE DISK DRIVE WITH FLOW-BY CHEMICAL BREATHER FILTER DISK DRIVE WITH FLUID BEARING, BEARING PLATE AND DISK-MOVING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE WITH FLUID DEFLECTOR FOR REDUCING FLUID TURBULENCE NEAR TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE WITH FORCED CONVECTION COOLING DISK DRIVE WITH HEAD LOADING AND UNLOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE WITH HEAD SUSPENSIONS MOUNTED TO ACTUATOR ARM OPPOSITE SIDES TO FACE RESPECTIVE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF DISK DISK DRIVE WITH HELICALLY MOUNTED DISK DRIVE MOTOR DISK DRIVE WITH HIGH SPEED READ/WRITE CAPABILITY DISK DRIVE WITH IDENTICAL THREE-ELEMENT, SIDE-BY-SIDE HEADS ON OPPOSITE DISK SURFACES DISK DRIVE WITH IDENTICAL TOP AND BOTTOM HEADS HAVING THREE SIDE-BY-SIDE ELEMENTS AND A COMMON TERMINAL PAD DISK DRIVE WITH IMPROVED CHARACTERIZATION SEGMENT PATTERN AND METHOD OF RECORDING THE SAME DISK DRIVE WITH IMPROVED RETRACT CIRCUIT AND METHOD DISK DRIVE WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURE FOR FASTENING BEARING ASSEMBLY TO ROTOR AND HOUSING DISK DRIVE WITH IMPULSE TORQUE GENERATING ELEMENT DISK DRIVE WITH INFORMATION ENCODED IN THE POSITION ERROR SIGNAL FIELDS DISK DRIVE WITH INTEGRATED PRESASSEMBLED ACTUATOR AND HEADER ASSEMBLY AND SPIN MOTOR ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE WITH INTERLOCKING DISK CLAMP DISK DRIVE WITH LOW ELEVATED HEAD UNLOADING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE WITH LOW PROFILE HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLIES DISK DRIVE WITH LOW PROFILE SUSPENSION ASSEMBLIES DISK DRIVE WITH MEANS TO PLAY EITHER SIDE OF A DISK DISK DRIVE WITH METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A CONTINUOUS POSITION SIGNAL AND CONSTRAINED METHOD OF LINEARIZING SUCH POSITION SIGNAL WHILE MAINTAINING CONTINUITY DISK DRIVE WITH MINIMIZED HEAD-ARM EXCURSIONS DISK DRIVE WITH MODE CANCELING ACTUATOR DISK DRIVE WITH MULTIPLE ACTUATORS AND REDUCED ACTUATOR INTERACTIONS DISK DRIVE WITH MULTIPLE ACTUATORS ON A SINGLE AXIS AND DISK SURFACES OF DIFFERING TRACK PITCH DISK DRIVE WITH MULTIPLE ACTUATORS ON A SINGLE AXIS HAVING DIFFERENT INERTIA CHARACTERISTICS DISK DRIVE WITH MULTIPLE DISK SURFACES HAVING IMPROVED ALLOCATION OF SERVO SECTORS DISK DRIVE WITH OFF-TRACK WRITE PREVENTION DISK DRIVE WITH OPTICAL ENCODER HAVING INTEGRAL SCALE MEMBER DISK DRIVE WITH PASSIVE MULTIPLE FLY HEIGHT SLIDER AND COOPERATIVE DISK PATTERN DISK DRIVE WITH PIPELINED EMBEDDED ECC/EDC CONTROLLER WHICH PROVIDES PARALLEL OPERAND FETCHING AND INSTRUCTION EXECUTION DISK DRIVE WITH PREFETCH AND WRITEBACK ALGORITHM FOR SEQUENTIAL AND NEARLY SEQUENTIAL INPUT/OUTPUT STREAMS DISK DRIVE WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ACTUATOR DRIVES DISK DRIVE WITH PRML READ CHANNEL CALIBRATION USING A NOISE GENERATOR DISK DRIVE WITH PROFILED ATTACHMENT OF A SPINDLE AND HUB DISK DRIVE WITH RADIALLY DISPERSED SERVO BURSTS DISK DRIVE WITH RAIL MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT DISK DRIVE WITH RECTIFICATION WALL FOR CIRCULATION FILTER AND FILTER UNIT THEREFOR DISK DRIVE WITH RECTIFIER CIRCUIT FOR PARKING THE HEAD CARRIERS ON POWER DOWN DISK DRIVE WITH REDUCED ACOUSTIC NOISE DISK DRIVE WITH REDUCED ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE ON SLIDER-HEAD ASSEMBLY DISK DRIVE WITH REDUCED POWER MODES DISK DRIVE WITH REDUCED THERMAL EXPANSION INDUCED DISK SLIP DISK DRIVE WITH REDUNDANT RECORDING DISK DRIVE WITH REINFORCED FRAME PLATE STRUCTURE MADE OF TWO THIN METAL PLATES ADHERED TOGETHER, AND A REINFORCING BEAD FORMED THEREON DISK DRIVE WITH ROTATABLE BUMPER BLOCKS DISK DRIVE WITH ROTATABLE DIAMOND-SHAPED ACTUATOR ARM DISK DRIVE WITH SECONDARY VCM ACTUATOR DISK DRIVE WITH SECTOR NUMBERS ENCODED BY SEQUENCES OF SECTOR TYPES DISK DRIVE WITH SEEK PROFILE SELECTION BASED ON A QUEUED VS. NON-QUEUED ENVIRONMENT DISK DRIVE WITH SEEK PROFILE SELECTION BASED ON READ/WRITE OPERATION DISK DRIVE WITH SEPARATELY DETERMINED SERVO AND DATA TRACK PITCH DISK DRIVE WITH SERVO BURST PHASING FOR IMPROVED LINEARITY AND OFF-TRACK PERFORMANCE WITH A WIDE READING TRANSDUCER DISK DRIVE WITH SHOCK DETECTION BASED ON THERMORESISTIVE SIGNAL FROM MAGNETORESISTIVE HEAD DISK DRIVE WITH SHOCK EVALUATOR DISK DRIVE WITH SHOCK-RESISTANT ROTARY ACTUATOR DISK DRIVE WITH SLIDER PRESSURE PLATE DISK DRIVE WITH SOCKET AND PLUG INTERCONNECTION TO SPINDLE MOTOR DISK DRIVE WITH SPINDLE MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT DISK DRIVE WITH STAGGERED CALIBRATION BURSTS THAT ARE DISPOSABLY LOCATED IN DATA REGIONS AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR CALIBRATING A READ HEAD DISK DRIVE WITH STOPPER MECHANISM INCLUDING A CUSHION MEMBER SEATED ON A CIRCUMFERENTIAL GROOVE DISK DRIVE WITH TARGET TRACK ACQUISITION DISK DRIVE WITH TEXTURED SLIDER CONTACT REGION DISK DRIVE WITH THERMAL ASPERITY REDUCTION CIRCUITRY USING A MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION SENSOR DISK DRIVE WITH UNBALANCE CORRECTING MECHANISM DISK DRIVE WITH UNIFIED CHANNEL-DISK CONTROLLER BUS FOR TRANSMITTING USER DATA, SERVO DATA, AND REGISTER DATA DISK DRIVE WITH VARIABLE TPI SERVO TRACKS DISK DRIVE WITH VARIABLE-PHASE SERVO BURST PATTERNS DISK DRIVE WITH VIBRATION SYNCHRONIZING RIB DISK DRIVE WITH VISCOELASTIC DAMPER DISPOSED BETWEEN ADJACENT LOAD BEAMS DISK DRIVE WITH VOICE COIL MOTOR RISE TIME MANAGER DISK DRIVE WITH WIDE SERVO BURST PATTERN AND WIDE SERVO SENSING ELEMENT DISK DRIVE WITH ZERO READ OFFSET IN RESERVED AREA AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME DISK DRIVE WITHIN A CABINET, WITH A FILTER ELEMENT STRUCTURE DISK DRIVE WRITER WAVEFORM INDUCED PRECOMPENSATION DISK DRIVE ZONED SEQUENTIAL DATA FORMAT AND HEAD SWITCH SEQUENCE DISK DRIVE, DISK CONTROL METHOD, DATA READ/WRITE METHOD, DATA ASSIGNMENT METHOD, AND DISK STORAGE MEDIUM DISK DRIVE, LOAD/UNLOAD UNIT, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF DISK DRIVE, POSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CORRECTION OF POSITION DETECTION SIGNAL DISK DRIVE, SERVO CONTROL UNIT, AND CONTROL UNIT DISK DRIVER DISK DRIVER CAGE ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKING DEVICE DISK DRIVER HAVING A DISK HOLDER TABLE WITH A HOLDER RING DISK DRIVER HAVING A DUST PROOF REAR COVER FITTED ON A REAR WALL OF A FRAME UNIT DISK DRIVER IN WHICH THE DISK HOLDER IS LOCATED BELOW A SLIDER DISK DRIVER WITH LOOKAHEAD CACHE DISK DRIVES DISK DRIVES AND DISK DRIVE-CONTAINING DEVICES HAVING SELECTIVELY CONTROLLABLE AND/OR ADAPTIVE QUIET AND HIGH PERFORMANCE MODES OF OPERATION DISK DRIVES WITH UPSTREAM-ORIENTED HEADS DISK DRIVING APPARATUS DISK DRIVING APPARATUS FOR RELIABLY CENTERING A METER-LAYER OPTICAL DISK ON WHICH INFORMATION IS RECORDED DISK DRIVING APPARATUS HAVING LINKED HOLDER AND COVER DISK DRIVING APPARATUS USING DYNAMIC PRESSURE-TYPE BEARING DEVICE DISK DRIVING APPARATUS WITH INCLINED SURFACE ON ENGAGING PIN AND WITH PROTECTOR PLATE OVER MOTOR DISK DRIVING APPARATUS WITH REDUCED SITE AND THICKNESS DISK DRIVING APPARATUS WITH UPPER AND LOWER HEAD ARMS AND A SIMPLE HEAD DETACHING MEANS DISK DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL RECORDING AND REPRODUCION WITH ACCELERATION/DECELERATION OF FOCUSING MEANS BEING BASED ON A FOCUS ERROR SIGNAL LEVEL DISK DRIVING DEVICE CAPABLE OF FORMATTING A FINALIZED REWRITABLE DISK DISK DRIVING DEVICE SELECTIVELY USING DELAYED STEP PULSES DISK DRIVING DEVICE WITH HUB FLANGE SECURED BETWEEN YOKE AND DRIVE MAGNET DISK DRIVING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED DISK MOUNTING SURFACE DISK DRIVING DEVICE WITH SMALL CENTERING FORCE VARIATION | DISK DRIVING METHOD AND DISK DRIVE DISK DRIVING MOTOR DISK DRIVING MOTOR AND CHCUKING MECHANISM FOR DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK DRIVING MOTOR AND CHUCKING MECHANISM FOR DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK DRIVING MOTOR WITH LOW NOISE LEAD WIRE ARRANGEMENT FOR FREQUENCY GENERATOR DISK DRIVING SPINDLE MOTOR DISK DRIVING SYSTEM AND DISK DRIVING METHOD DISK DRIVING UNIT DISK DRYING APPARATUS AND METHOD DISK EDGE POLISHING MACHINE AND DISK EDGE POLISHING SYSTEM DISK EJECTING METHOD DISK EJECTION DEVICE DISK EJECTION MECHANISM WITH SLIDABLE EJECT SWITCH DISK EMULATION FOR A NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY UTILIZING A MAPPING TABLE DISK EMULATION SYSTEM DISK EXCAVATING AND GRADING ATTACHMENT DISK EXERCISER FOR IMPROVING BALANCING SKILLS DISK FAULT PREDICTION SYSTEM DISK FILE ACTUATOR WITH HEAT DISSIPATION AND SIMPLIFIED COMPONENT MOUNTING DISK FILE APPARATUS DISK FILE APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TAKING OUT AND INSERTING DISK CARTRIDGES DISK FILE HAVING THERMAL EXPANSION RING FOR ENSURING DISK/HUB CONCENTRICITY DISK FILE HEAD POSITIONING SERVO SYSTEM INCORPORATING ADAPTIVE SATURATED SEEK AND HEAD OFFSET COMPENSATION DISK FILE MOUNTING DISK FILE SUSPENSION FORMED FLEXURE DISK FILE UPDATING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD USING UPDATING DATA STORED IN A FIRST-IN-FIRST-OUT QUEUE DISK FILE WITH AIR-BEARING SLIDER HAVING SKIDS DISK FILE WITH CLEARANCE AND GLIDE MEASUREMENT AND EARLY HEAD CRASH WARNING DISK FILE WITH ISOLATION MOUNT DISK FILE WITH LIQUID FILM HEAD-DISK INTERFACE DISK FILE WITH MULTIPLEXED SERVO SYSTEM DISK FILM OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM DISK FILTER DISK FILTER SECTOR HAVING AN ATTACHMENT SYSTEM OUTSIDE OF FLOW AREA DISK FLAKE ICE MACHINE DISK FLOW AND METHODS THEREFOR DISK FOR A BLISK ROTARY STAGE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE DISK FOR A DISK BRAKE DISK FOR CLEANING MAGNETIC HEAD OF DISK DRIVE DISK FOR COIN HOPPER DISK FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PADS DISK FOR GRINDING CONCRETE DISK FOR LIGHT BEAM RECORDING DEVICE AND LIGHT BEAM RECORDING DEVICE DISK FOR OPEN END SPINNING DISK FOR REVOLUTION SENSOR HAVING AT LEAST THREE ENGAGING PORTIONS DISK FOR THROWING AND ROLLING DISK FOR TOROIDAL TYPE CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION DISK FORMATTER WRITE GATE LOOK-AHEAD DEVICE DISK FRAGMENTATION REDUCTION USING FILE ALLOCATION TABLES DISK FRICTION ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR HEAVY TRUCK DISK FURNACE FOR THERMAL PROCESSING DISK GLIDE TESTING WITH ZONE DETECTION DISK GRIPPER DISK GRIPPING DEVICE DISK GUIDE APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DISK PLAYBACK SYSTEM TO PREVENT MISINSERTIONS DISK HANDLING SYSTEM HAVING A TELESCOPING ELEVATOR PIN DISK HARROW ASSEMBLY DISK HAVING A LEAD-IN REGION CONTAINING DISPLAY DATA AND AN APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING THE DISC DISK HAVING DATA MEMORIZING PORTION INCLUDING LAND-SHAPED AND GROOVE-SHAPED AREAS, AND WRITING/READING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME DISK HAVING EXPANDED ELAPSED TIME INFORMATION DISK HAVING READ-ONLY AND READ-WRITE AREAS DISK HAVING STRESS RELIEVING ZONES FOR USE WITH A DISK CLAMPING DEVICE IN A HARD DISK DRIVE DISK HAVING UNIQUE CODE FOR IDENTIFYING ITS TYPE FOR OPTICAL DISK PLAYER AND METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING TYPES THEREOF DISK HEAD ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT MEANS AND METHOD DISK HEAD ASSEMBLY FLEXURE WITH IMPROVED MOTION STABILITY DISK HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE READ AND/OR WRITE TRANSDUCERS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE DISK HEAD DRIVING DEVICE USING LINEAR ACTIVATOR WITH MULTIPOLAR MAGNETS DISK HEAD HEIGHT CONTROL DISK HEAD POSITIONING SYSTEM INCLUDING LIFT WING EXTENSIONS ON THE ACTUATOR AND A PIVOTING LATCH DISK HEAD SLIDER HAVING AIR BEARING PRESSURE RELIEF FEATURES DISK HEAT EXCHANGER , AND A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME DISK HOLD DEVICE HAVING AN OPERATION BUTTON DISK HOLDER DISK HOLDER AND DISK STORAGE DEVICE DISK HOLDER DEVICE AND METHOD DISK HOLDER IN A CD BOX DISK HOLDER WITH DISK PROTECTIVE MATERIAL DISK HOLDING APPARATUS DISK HOLDING DEVICE DISK HOLDING DEVICE WITH ATTACHED PHASE DETECTING DEVICE AND ADJUSTING MECHANISM DISK HOLDING MECHANISM AND DISK HOLDING MECHANISM CLAMPER DISK HOLDING MECHANISM CAPABLE OF PREVENTING A DISK FROM UNDESIRABLE VIBRATION WITHIN A DISK HOLDER UNIT DISK HUB FOR A REMOVABLE CARTRIDGE AND SPINDLE MOTOR FOR USING SAME DISK HUB MOLDED FROM A HARD SYNTHETIC RESIN BLENDED WITH A FLUORORESIN, A DISK CARTRIDGE HOUSING A DISK HAVING SUCH A DISK HUB AND A DISK DRIVING DEVICE HAVING A SPINDLE COATED WITH A FLUORORESIN DISK IMAGE BACKUP/RESTORE WITH DATA PREPARATION PHASE DISK INFORMATION READING CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING A VARIABLE READ TRANSFER SPEED AND A DISK INFORMATION READING CONTROL METHOD DISK INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING AVOID BAND CONTROL SIGNALS DISK INJECTION MOLD APPARATUS HAVING MOLD OPENING GUIDE MEANS DISK INPUT/OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE MAINTAINING WRITE DATA IN MULTIPLE CACHE MEMORY MODULES AND METHOD AND MEDIUM THEREOF DISK INSERTION/EJECTION DEVICE HAVING A TRANSLATING ROLLER ARRANGEMENT DISK LABEL APPLICATOR DEVICE DISK LABEL ENVELOPE LAMINATE DISK LABEL POSITIONING STRUCTURE DISK LABEL PRINTING DISK LABEL STICKING DEVICE DISK LABELING DEVICE DISK LABELING DEVICES DISK LEVEL SERVO WRITE DISK LIFT SEPARATOR DISK LINING MATERIAL DISK LOADER DISK LOADER HAVING A SIDE AIR BLAST FOR PROPER BAG PRESENTATION DISK LOADING AND MAGNETIC HEAD LIFTING MECHANISM USING A SINGLE POWER SOURCE FOR A MINIDISK PLAYER DISK LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS FOR A DISK PLAYER-CHANGER DISK LOADING APPARATUS DISK LOADING APPARATUS WITH INDEPENDENT DETECTION DEVICES DISK LOADING APPARATUS WITH INTERLOCKED SHUTTER MECHANISM, ELEVATOR MECHANISM AND EJECT MECHANISM DISK LOADING APPARATUS WITH ROTATIONALLY ENGAGING DISK TABLE DISK LOADING DEVICE DISK LOADING DEVICE AND DISK ADAPTOR DISK LOADING DEVICE AND DISK CARTRIDGE DISK LOADING DEVICE FOR AN OPTICAL DISK DRIVER DISK LOADING DEVICE FOR DISK PLAYER DISK LOADING DEVICE HAVING A DRIVE MECHANISM TO MOVE A DISK RETAINING MEMBER ADJACENT TO A DISK INSERTION SLOT DISK LOADING DEVICE HAVING A MANUAL DRIVE MEMBER FOR MOVING A DRIVE MECHANISM IN AN EJECT DIRECTION DISK LOADING DEVICE HAVING DISK HOLDING TRAY SEPARABLE INTO A PLURALITY OF SEGMENTS DISK LOADING MECHANISM FOR DISK REPRODUCING APPARATUS DISK LOADING SYSTEM DISK LOADING SYSTEM FOR A MAGNETO-OPTICAL DISK DRIVE DISK LOADING TECHNIQUE PERMITTING LOADING OF BOTH A DISK SET IN A DISK LOADING ADAPTOR AND A NAKED DISK DISK LOADING/UNLOADING APPARATUS FOR COMPACT DISKS OF DIFFERENT DIAMETERS DISK LOCKING DEVICE DISK LOCKING MECHANISM DISK LUBRICATION MECHANISM DISK MAGAZINE AND DISK LOADING DEVICE DISK MAGAZINE FOR ACCESSING CD DISKS DISK MAGAZINE LOADING/EJECTING APPARATUS OF DISK PLAYER DISK MAGAZINE REMOVER SYSTEM DISK MANUFACTURING APPARATUS DISK MARKING SYSTEM DISK MASTERING BASED ON NEAR-FIELD OPTICAL SYSTEMS DISK MEDIA, AND METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR PLAYING BACK INFORMATION ON OR FROM A DISK MEDIA DISK MEDIA, AND METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK INFORMATION ON OR FROM A DISK MEDIA DISK MEDIUM DISK MEDIUM AND METHOD OF WRITING DATA ONTO THE DISK MEDIUM DISK MEDIUM W/MAGNETICALLY FILLED FEATURES ALIGNED IN ROWS AND COLUMNS DISK MEDIUM WHOSE TRACK DENSITY IS CHANGED IN A RADIAL DIRECTION AND DISK APPARATUS USING THE SAME DISK MEDIUM DISK MEMORY APPARATUS COMPENSATING FOR TEMPERATURE IN A CIRCUIT FOR MONITORING THE BACK ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE OF A VOICE COIL MOTOR, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF A DISK MEMORY APPARATUS DISK MEMORY DEVICE DISK MEMORY DEVICE AND DISK READ-OUT SIGNAL PROCESSOR DISK MESHING AND FLEXIBLE STORAGE MAPPING WITH ENHANCED FLEXIBLE CACHING DISK MILLING CUTTER AND SUITABLE INDEXABLE INSERT DISK MOTOR DISK MOTOR WITH BEARING PRESTRESSING FEATURE DISK MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR WHEEL CALCULATOR THE LIKE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME DISK MOWER DISK MUSIC BOX DISK ON WHICH SERVO PATTERN IS RECORDED AND ARITHMETIC PROCESSING METHOD FOR SERVO PATTERN READ FROM THE DISK DISK OPENER AND PACKER WHEEL SYSTEM DISK OPENER CARRIER HITCH DISK OPERATING SYSTEM BACKUP AND RECOVERY SYSTEM DISK OPERATING SYSTEM LOADABLE FROM READ ONLY MEMORY USING INSTALLABLE FILE SYSTEM INTERFACE DISK ORGANIZER DISK PACK VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT DISK PACKAGE DISK PACKAGE CAPABLE OF LOADING A DISK PACKAGE CONTAINING MULTIPLE DISKS OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND LOCKING MECHANISM DEPENDENT ON INDIVIDUAL DISK TYPE DISK PACKAGE FOR ROTATING MEMORY DISKS DISK PACKAGE FOR STORAGE OF MULTIPLE DISKS OF DIFFERENT TYPES AND LOCKING MECHANISM DEPENDENT ON INDIVIDUAL DISK TYPE DISK PARTITIONING TO CREATE A USABLE, LOWER CAPACITY DISK CARTRIDGE DISK PLAY-BACK DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE DISK MAGAZINES DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS DISK CHANGER DEVICE AND DISK MAGAZINE DEVICE DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR A DISK PLAYER DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS WITH CENTERING DEVICE FOR DIFFERENT DISK SIZES DISK PLAYBACK APPARATUS, DISK CHANGER DEVICE, AND DISK MAGAZINE DEVICE DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTINUOUSLY PLAYING BACK DISKS WITHOUT A BREAK IN SOUND REPRODUCTION DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DEVICE DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD OF TERMINATING PLAYBACK OF DISK DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SPECIAL PLAYBACK MODE ESTABLISHED BY SINGLE SPECIAL PLAYBACK KEY, AND MEDIA STORING PLAYBACK CONTROL PROGRAM FOR SAME DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE HAVING A SLIDE PANEL DISPOSED WITH A TURNTABLE PROJECTING THEREFROM DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE WITH CHANGER ALLOWING PLAYBACK OF ONE DISK WHILE ANOTHER CAN BE EXCHANGED DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE WITH INSERTION ERROR PREVENTION DEVICE DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE WITH POSITION ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE DISK PLAYBACK DEVICE WITH REDUCED DEPTH DIMENSION DISK PLAYBACK WITH CLAMPING MECHANISM AND MISALIGNMENT DETECTOR DISK PLAYER DISK PLAYER ASSEMBLY WITH WITHDRAWABLE PALLET DISK PLAYER CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING TILT OF OPTICAL PICKUP DISK PLAYER CAPABLE OF DETECTING DIFFERENT SIZES OF OPTICAL DISKS DISK PLAYER DISK TRAY HAVING A PROTECTIVE LAYER DISK PLAYER DOOR ASSEMBLY DISK PLAYER EQUIPPED WITH DISK CHANGER DISK PLAYER FOR CHANGING THE PLAYING LINEAR VELOCITY IN MULTIPLE STAGES DISK PLAYER FOR CONSTANT ANGULAR VELOCITY REPRODUCTION OF A DISK DISK PLAYER FOR PERFORMING DATA REPRODUCTION RECORDED ON A DISK DISK PLAYER FOR PLAYING BACK MORE THAN ONE KIND OF DISK DISK PLAYER HAVING A DISK LOADING APPARATUS FOR LOADING A DISK WITHOUT USING A TRAY DISK PLAYER HAVING A MAGAZINE FOR ACCOMMODATING A PLURALITY OF DISKS DISK PLAYER HAVING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE DISK HOLDING TRAYS DISK PLAYER HAVING A SELF-CONPENSATING DYNAMIC RING BALANCER DISK PLAYER HAVING A SHUTTER OPENING STRUCTURE IN WHICH A SHUTTER OF THE DISK CARTRIDGE IS OPENED WITHOUT A CARTRIDGE HOLDER DISK PLAYER HAVING A SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FOR DETERMINING THE DIAMETER OF LOADED DISKS DISK PLAYER HAVING ASCENDING/DESCENDING STRUCTURE FOR A DECK DISK PLAYER HAVING AUTOMATIC CONTROL BASED UPON AUDIO DISK OR MEMORY DISK DETERMINATION DISK PLAYER INCLUDING A DISK CHUCKING MECHANISM AND PLATE SEPARATOR DEVICE DISK PLAYER LOADING A DISK WITH IMPROVED INSERTION AND LOADING DISK PLAYER LOCKING MECHANISM WHOSE ACTUATOR IS ENERGIZED ONLY DURING UNLOCKING OPERATION DISK PLAYER MAT COMPUTES AND INDICATES A COMPUTABLE TIME OF A DISK ACCORDING TO SUBCODE INFORMATION RECORDED ON THE DISK DISK PLAYER MECHANISM DISK PLAYER OF SIMPLIFIED HEAT-DISSIPATING STRUCTURE DISK PLAYER PICKUP CONTROL SYSTEM DISK PLAYER SYSTEM WITH AN AUTOMATIC MAGAZINE CHANGER DISK PLAYER THAT VISUALLY INDICATES THE TYPE OF DISK LOADED INTO IT DISK PLAYER WHEREIN A PLURALITY OF COMPACT DISKS AND A LASER DISK ARE ROTATED WITH A SINGLE MOTOR DISK PLAYER WHICH AVOIDS SOUND FAILURE RESULTED FROM RETRY OF DATA READING DISK PLAYER WITH A BLANKING DURING FAST SCANNING DISK PLAYER WITH A SECURE DISK-SECURING MECHANISM DISK PLAYER WITH CARRIAGE AND TRAY TRANSPORT MECHANISM DISK PLAYER WITH CHUCK HOLDER CAPABLE OF PIVOTING UPWARD AND DOWNWARD DISK PLAYER WITH COMPACT ARRANGEMENT OF A READER AND DISK STORAGE MAGAZINE DISK PLAYER WITH COMPACT DISK TRANSPORTER DISK PLAYER WITH CONSTANT ANGULAR VELOCITY DISK PLAYER WITH DISK CHANGER FUNCTIONS DISK PLAYER WITH DISK CHUCKING DEVICE DISK PLAYER WITH DISK SELECT FUNCTION DISK PLAYER WITH DISK-CARRIER LOCK-UP DEVICE DISK PLAYER WITH IMPROVED SOUND DURING DIFFERENT SPEED VIDEO REPRODUCTIONS DISK PLAYER WITH INTERNAL CONVEYOR FOR EXCHANGING STORED DISKS DISK PLAYER WITH MAGAZINE DISK PLAYER WITH MAGAZINE DEVICE DISK PLAYER WITH MAGAZINE SWITCHED DRIVE SOURCE DISK PLAYER WITH PEAK LEVEL DETECTION DURING HIGH-SPEED PLAYBACK DISK PLAYER WITH VARIABLE LEVEL SEARCH TIME DISK PLAYER, AND SELF-COMPENSATING-DYNAMIC-BALANCER (SCDB) INTEGRATED TURNTABLE, SCDB INTEGRATED CLAMPER AND SCDB INTEGRATED SPINDLE MOTOR EMPLOYED IN THE SAME DISK PLAYER, AND TURNTABLE INCORPORATING SELF-COMPENSATING DYNAMIC BALANCER, CLAMPER INCORPORATING SELF-COMPENSATING DYNAMIC BALANCER AND SPINDLE MOTOR INCORPORATING SELF-COMPENSATING DYNAMIC BALANCER ADOPTED FOR DISK PLAYER DISK PLAYER-RECORDER DISK PLAYING APPARATUS FOR PLAYING CLV DISKS DISK PLAYING APPARATUS HAVING A COMPENSATION CHARACTERISTIC VARIABLE WITH VELOCITY INFORMATION DISK PLOW AND METHODS THEREFOR DISK POSITIONING DEVICE FOR DEFINING PRECISE RADIAL LOCATION DISK POWER MANAGER FOR NETWORK SERVERS DISK PROCESS AND TRANSPORT MECHANISM FOR HOST MACHINES DISK PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING A DISK CONTROL PROGRAM DISK PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING INFORMATION FROM A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL DISKS HAVING DIFFERENT RECORDING DENSITIES DISK PROCESSING CHUCK DISK PRODUCING APPARATUS DISK PRODUCING APPARATUS FOR A PHOTO FILM CASSETTE DISK PRODUCING APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A PHOTO FILM CASSETTE DISK PRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS DISK PRODUCING METHOD FOR PHOTO FILM CASSETTE DISK PROSTHESIS FOR CERVICAL VERTEBRAE DISK PROTECTION ENCLOSURE DISK PROTECTION METHOD FOR REMOVABLE MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE DISK PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE DISK PROVIDED WITH SERVO PATTERNS AND METHOD OF RECORDING SERVO PATTERNS DISK READ-OUT CIRCUIT EMPLOYING SEPARATE SERVO DATA AND INFORMATION DATA FILTERS DISK READING APPARATUS DISK READING APPARATUS WITH ROTARY SPEED ADJUSTMENT FEATURE DISK RECEIVING AND TRANSFERRING DEVICE FOR A DISK DRIVE DISK RECLAIMER FOR USE WITH COHESIVE BULK MATERIALS DISK RECORD MEDIUM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING INFORMATION ONTO AND FROM THE SAME DISK RECORD/PLAYBACK MACHINE WITH DISK REST MOVABLE TO AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION BETWEEN THE DISK DISCHARGE AND RECORD/PLAYBACK POSITIONS DURING STAND-BY MODE DISK RECORDER OR PLAYER FOR AUTOMATIC FRONT SIDE INSERTION AND EJECTION OF DISKS DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A REWRITABLE TYPE DISK DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING A GUIDE SHAFT COMPRESSION MECHANISM WHICH SECURES A GUIDE SHAFT ALONG WHICH THE HEAD MOVES DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND DYNAMIC DAMPER THEREOF DISK RECORDING AND SOUND REPRODUCING DEVICE USING PITCH CHANGE AND TIMING ADJUSTMENT DISK RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS DISK RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING A MOVABLE TRAY DISK RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS THAT COMPENSATES FOR BIT NONLINEARITY AND A PHASE SHIFT INTRODUCED BY SEPARATE READ AND WRITE HEADS DISK RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING DEVICE DISK RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING DEVICE WITH STARTING AND EJECTION CONTROL MEANS DISK RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING DEVICE, DISK LOADING MECHANISM, AND DISK EJECT MECHANISM DISK RECORDING APPARATUS AND VIDEO CAMERA USING THE SAME DISK RECORDING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INTERRUPTION OF DATA AND SECURING INTERLEAVE LENGTH OF FIRST AND LAST BLOCKS OF DATA AFTER START AND RELEASE OF RECORDING INTERRUPTION DISK RECORDING APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SEARCH POSITIONAL INFORMATION INDICATIVE OF MARKED POINTS ON A DISK DISK RECORDING APPARATUS WITH ADAPTIVE WINDOW ADJUSTING DISK RECORDING DEVICE FOR OVERWRITING DATA ON A DEFINED RECORDING REGION DISK RECORDING DEVICE HAVING MOLDED PARTS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION EMPLOYING OUTSERT MOLDING DISK RECORDING MEDIUM AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS DISK RECORDING MEDIUM AND DISK DRIVE UNIT WHEREIN THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER OF SERVO AREAS AND THE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION MODE SWITCHING TIME OF THE HEAD AMPLIFIERS IS 1200 OR LESS DISK RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD WHICH USES AN ORDER TABLE TO CORRELATE STORED PROGRAMS DISK RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF DISK RECORDING MEDIUM AND VIDEO-SONG ACCOMPANIMENT APPARATUS ADOPTING THE SAME DISK RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EMBODYING HIGH CAPACITY HARD DISK DRIVE DISK RECORDING MEDIUM INCLUDING DATA PRE-FORMATTED-DATA-RECORDED HEADER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND IDENTICAL ADDRESS NUMBERS RADIALLY DISPLACED FROM EACH OTHER ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF GROOVE OR LAND TRACK CENTER LINE, AND DISK DISK RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDENTIFYING AND SKIPPING DEFECTIVE CLUSTERS DISK RECORDING OF PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PICKUP OF THE DEVICE DISK RECORDING OR PLAYBACK DEVICE DISK RECORDING OR PLAYBACK DEVICE AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING INITIAL POSITION OF PICKUP THEREOF DISK RECORDING OR PLAYBACK DEVICE HAVING MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING TILT OF PICKUP DISK RECORDING SYSTEM DISK RECORDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE ROTATION OF A TURNTABLE IN SUCH A DISK RECORDING SYSTEM DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND DISKS APPLIED THEREIN DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING MAGAZINE FOR ACCOMMODATING A PLURALITY OF DISKS AND A TRAY POSITION CHANGING MECHANISM DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING THE CAPABILITY OF RECORDING AN OPERATOR DESIGNATED PROGRAM SEQUENCE DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS HAVING TWO TRAYS SO THAT A DISK IN A MAGAZINE CAN BE REPLACED BY ONE TRAY WHEN A DISK IN THE OTHER TRAY IS BEING RECORDED/REPRODUCED DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS WITH DISK CLAMP MECHANISM COMPRISING A CADDIE HOLDING A FIRST DISK AND A SPINDLE CENTERING A SECOND DISK DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE OF REDUCED THICKNESS WITH DRIVING MECHANISM FOR MOVING HEADS PARALLEL TO THE DISK FACE DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INCORPORATING A DISK RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE THEREOF DISK RECORDING-PLAYBACK DEVICE AND DISK LOADING OR UNLOADING METHOD DISK RECORDING-PLAYBACK DEVICE, DISK TRAY FOR USE IN THE DEVICE, AND METHOD OF EJECTING THE TRAY DISK RECOVERY/RECONSTRUCTION |
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