Abstract: A method for erasing a disk of a hard disk drive. The method includes moving the hard disk drive adjacent to an erasure head that emanates a magnetic field. The magnetic field and moving hard disk drive cause a disk of the hard disk drive to spin under a Lorentz force created by the magnetic field and moving disk. The magnetic field is applied by the erasure head for a duration that causes erasure of the entire disk. The spindle motor is not activated during the entire process. Not activating the spindle motor eliminates any Faraday coupling from the erasure head into the motor.

Abstract: A method for erasing a disk of a hard disk drive. The method includes moving the hard disk drive adjacent to an erasure head that emanates a magnetic field. The magnetic field and moving hard disk drive cause a disk of the hard disk drive to spin under a Lorentz force created by the magnetic field and moving disk. The magnetic field is applied by the erasure head for a duration that causes erasure of the entire disk. The spindle motor is not activated during the entire process. Not activating the spindle motor eliminates any Faraday coupling from the erasure head into the motor.

Abstract: A magnetic media that has at least one groove. The groove is created by a process that includes initially forming a temporary layer over a magnetic layer of the disk. One or more grooves are formed in the temporary and magnetic layers. The temporary layer is removed and a protective layer is formed over the magnetic layer and within the groove.

Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording medium having a perpendicular magnetic recording layer provided on a substrate and a soft underlayer formed between the substrate and the perpendicular magnetic recording layer. The soft underlayer includes a plurality of soft underlayers having different saturation magnetizations so as to improve signal-to-noise ratio, and at least one of the soft underlayers has a magnetization easy axis in a radial direction so as to improve transition noise.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an underlayer for use in a high density magnetic recording media. More particularly, the invention relates to an underlayer for use in a high density magnetic recording media comprising A1Pd or CoTi intermetallic compound having B2 crystal structure, or Co50Ti50-xMxmetal alloy in which Ti in CoTi intermetallic compound is partly substituted by other substitutional elements while maintaining its B2 crystal structure, or CoTi/Cr of a double thin film structure in which a Cr seed layer is introduced. The underlayer provided by the present invention has a crystal structure and microstructure suitable for a high density magnetic recording media, which makes a good texture structure with a Co-based magnetic layer deposited thereon and shows fine grain size distribution, high coercity and high coercity squareness.