READ/WRITE PROTECT SCHEME FOR A DISK CARTRIDGE AND DRIVE

A method of inhibiting inadvertent and unauthorized writing and reading of information to and from a storage medium comprises the steps of (a) writing a first code in a predetermined location on the storage medium, the first code being indicative of a first protection mode of the storage medium (112...

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Hauptverfasser:	BRAITHWAITE, DAVID G, BRUDERER, CLARK C, ALLEN, GREGORY M, THOMPSON, DAVID A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre
Schlagworte:	INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of inhibiting inadvertent and unauthorized writing and reading of information to and from a storage medium comprises the steps of (a) writing a first code in a predetermined location on the storage medium, the first code being indicative of a first protection mode of the storage medium (112); (b) receiving a command to change the protection mode of the storage medium from the first protection mode to a second protection mode (118); and, in response to the command, (c) writing in the predetermined location on the storage medium, in place of the first code, a second code indicative of the second protection mode (136, 138). A protection mode can inhibit writing to the storage medium, both writing and reading to and from the medium, or neither. Changing of protection modes can also be password protected.