Appeal No. 1999-0264
Application No. 08/573,582
invention.
We agree with the Examiner that Nakajima teaches a
magnetic tape storage apparatus including data transfer
control means, and identification means for determining
whether data is permitted or inhibited to write into a
predetermined recording area of the storage medium.
Specifically, Nakajima teaches a "System Area" on the tape
medium (column 5, lines 13-22), containing information
relevant to whether data should be written to certain parts of
the tape (i.e., whether that portion of the tape is
functioning properly to hold information). The data contained
in the "System Area" are read into the "Data" portion of
memory 5 when the tape is loaded into the drive unit, and
corresponding data are written from memory 5 back to the tape
when it is unloaded (column 5, lines 18-37). Nakajima does
not teach a disk storage device, nor a microprocessor
contained within a data storage device to determine whether an
area of a disk is write inhibited and report back to the host
computer if a write inhibition error occurs.
We further agree with the Examiner that Saldanha teaches
a disk storage device, including identification information
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