| US 7,492,544 B2 | ||
| Hard disk drive protection system and method | ||
| Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne, Houston, Tex. (US); Leonard E. Russo, Houston, Tex. (US); and L. Joy Griebenow, Fort Collins, Colo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 05, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/12,709. | ||
| Application 12/012709 is a continuation of application No. 11/413574, filed on Apr. 28, 2006, granted, now 7,355,807. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0130161 A1, Jun. 05, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G11B 21/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 360—75 | 19 Claims |
| 1. A hard disk drive protection system, comprising:
a sensor configured to detect an impending shock event; and
a hard drive protection module configured to determine whether to issue a fast park command for a hard disk drive in response
to detecting the impending shock event based on a quantity of fast park cycles processed by the hard disk drive.
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