Patent 11366602 was granted and assigned to Western Digital on June, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a non-volatile storage medium (NVSM), and a head configured to access the NVSM. During a first interval, the head is used to write first data to a first segment of the NVSM, and during a second interval, the head is used to read the first data from the first segment of the NVSM and erase at least part of the first data from the first segment of the NVSM.