Magnetic disk device using a contact start stop system
US6181503A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B33/1446
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to improve reliability to a dust or the like of a magnetic disk device. The magnetic disk device of the present invention comprises a magnetic disk 10, a levitation type magnetic head slider 12 and a controller 14 for controlling an operation of the magnetic head slider 12 and the controller 14. The controller 14 moves the magnetic head slider 12 to a CSS (Contact Start Stop) region of the magnetic disk 10 at a predetermined time interval and performs a CSS operation at least once.
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