| US 7,484,082 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for multiple boot environments within a hard disk drive | ||
| Andrei Khurshudov, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Debasis Baral, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/993,508. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0107029 A1, May 18, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—1 [713/2] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising the step of:
providing by a hard disk drive a first-boot-environment and a second-boot-environment using a first disk surface and a second
of said disk surfaces based upon a disk-purpose, both of said disk surfaces and said disk-purpose included in said hard disk
drive, comprising the steps of:
accessing by said hard disk drive said first disk surface and hiding said second disk surface when said disk-purpose is a
first-boot-environment, further comprising the steps of:
accessing a track at a logical track location on said first disk surface; and
hiding said second disk surface; and
accessing by said hard disk drive said second disk surface and hiding said first disk surface when said disk-purpose is a
second-boot-environment, further comprising the steps of:
accessing said track at said logical track location on said second disk surface; and
hiding said first disk surface.
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