Abstract: A method for positioning a magneto-resistive head onto an head load/unload ramp of a storage unit, the magneto-resistive head disposed upon an actuator arm, the actuator arm also having a voice coil, includes the steps of detecting a reset signal, generating a back electro-motive force voltage with a spindle motor in response to the reset signal, generating a drive voltage in response to the back electro-motive force voltage, using a switching circuit to provide the drive voltage to the voice coil in a first polarity for a first period of time, and thereafter, using the switching circuit to provide the drive voltage to the voice coil in a second polarity.

Abstract: A technique for method for positioning a magneto resistive head located upon an actuator arm onto a loading ramp of a storage unit. The technique includes the steps of operating a removable magnetic disk at a first number of revolutions per second, the magnetic disk having an outer diameter, positioning the magneto resistive head adjacent to the removable magnetic disk, reading data from the removable magnetic disk, detecting a reset signal, producing a back electro-motive force in response to the reset signal, biasing the magneto resistive head towards the outer diameter of the removable magnetic disk in response to the reset signal and to the back electro-motive force, reducing a number of revolutions per second for the removable magnetic disk from the first number to a second number of revolutions per second, the first number greater than the second number; thereafter using an energy storage unit to bias the magneto resistive head onto the loading ramp, in response to the reset signal.