HARD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DECIDING DATA FORMAT OF HARD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS

摘要

A method of deciding a data format of a hard disk drive that includes assigning to a sector existing in a data zone of a disk a logical block address larger than a logical block address of a sector existing in an other data zone existing at an inner circumference with respect to the other data zone, according to a first data format in which data is recorded in an order from a data zone located at an inner circumference of the disk to a data zone located at an outer circumference of the disk with respect to a data zone located substantially in a middle of the innermost circumference and the outermost circumference of the disk.