A data storage device (DSD) includes a base-deck, a disc above the base-deck, and a shaft extending perpendicular from the base-deck. The DSD also includes a head stack assembly (HSA) including a head gimbal assembly having a load beam and a head at a first end of the HSA. The head interacts with a surface of the disc. The HSA also includes a second end movably mounted on the shaft. The DSD additionally includes an elevator that linearly moves the HSA along the shaft to adjust a distance between the load beam and the surface of the disc in response to receiving a feedback signal associated with the interaction of the head with the surface of the disc. The feedback signal is one of a plurality of feedback signals employed by the elevator to adjust the distance between the load beam and the surface of the disc.

According to one embodiment, when an inspection of a defect of a recording surface of the magnetic disk is carried out by using the first processing section and the second processing section on the basis of the output of the gap sensor, a magnetic disk device is configured to compare a threshold defined on the basis of outputs of the first processing section at a plurality of tracks excluding a track which is an inspection object and an output of the first processing section at the track which is the inspection object with each other and, when the output of the first processing section at the track which is the inspection object exceeds the threshold, detect that there is a defect on the track concerned of the magnetic disk.

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a magnetic disk and a control circuit. The magnetic disk includes a shingled magnetic recording (SMR) region where data is recorded such that adjacent tracks are partially overlapped with each other by SMR. The control circuit writes, at a predetermined timing, dummy data to a location on the magnetic disk. The location is located after a position indicated by a write pointer. The control circuit executes scan processing after the writing of the dummy data.

According to an embodiment, on a first track of a magnetic disk, a plurality of first sectors in each of which a data segment is stored, and a second sector in which a parity for first error correction is stored are arranged in this order from a first position. A controller executes a first operation of sequentially reading a first data segment from each of the plurality of first sectors, and storing a group of the read first data segments in a buffer memory. The controller obtains a first parity from the group of the read first data segments. The controller starts a second operation of writing each first data segment in the group of the first data segments stored in the buffer memory, to a first sector that is a read source among the plurality of first sectors, and writing the first parity to the second sector, before the magnetic head reaches the first position.

According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a magnetic disk, a magnetic head, a flexure, a piezoelectric element, a first bonding material, a second bonding material, and a protrusion. The flexure includes a first outer surface, a first pad, and a second pad. The first pad and the second pad are on the first outer surface. The piezoelectric element includes a second outer surface, a first electrode, and a second outer surface. The first electrode and the second electrode are on the second outer surface. The first bonding material, which is conductive, bonds the first pad and the first electrode. The second bonding material, which is conductive, bonds the second pad and the second electrode. The protrusion is provided on the flexure, is located at least partially between the first bonding material and the second bonding material, and protrudes from the first outer surface.

A recording head includes a structure such as a near-field transducer formed of a noble metal. An adhesive layer is formed over a surface of the structure. The adhesive layer includes alumina and is 4 nm or less in thickness. A silicon dioxide layer is formed over the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer bonds the silicon dioxide to the structure.

The presently disclosed technology is directed to maximizing cleanliness, reliability, and space efficiency within a jukebox-style HDD, while minimizing overall cost of the HDD. In an effort to reduce the movement of a robotic arm assembly, cassettes within a jukebox-style HDD may be configured to be magnetically repositionable to replace some of the movement of the robotic arm assembly, without adding another significant source of potential mechanical failure within the HDD enclosure. Further, the overall number of moving parts is reduced, which may improve reliability of the HDD, as well as cleanliness within the HDD enclosure.

According to an embodiment, an electronic device includes a substrate and an electronic component. The substrate includes a first surface facing a first direction and to which a first hole and a second hole are open. The electronic component includes a base, a first protrusion in the first hole, and a second protrusion in the second hole. The first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude from the base. The first end of the first protrusion is more apart from the first surface than the second end of the second protrusion. The first protrusion and the second protrusion have a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface extending obliquely with respect to the first direction. In a third direction orthogonal to the first direction the first inclined surface is longer in length than the second inclined surface.

A disk device includes magnetic disks, ramps, suspensions, and magnetic disks. The magnetic disks are arranged above a housing bottom and configured to be rotated around a first rotation axis. The ramps are arranged above the housing bottom. The suspensions are configured to be rotated around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis, The magnetic heads are mounted on the suspensions, respectively. Each of the suspensions is configured to be rotated around the second rotation axis from a first position above or below one of the magnetic disks to a second position on one of the ramps. The plurality of ramps includes a first ramp and a second ramp that is above the first ramp. An inner end of the second ramp is closer to the first rotation axis than is an inner end of the first ramp.

According to one embodiment, first setting information and second setting information are stored in a memory included in a magnetic disk device. The first setting information indicates a second track that is a first track set to be disused on the basis of a defect inspection among a plurality of first tracks included in a magnetic disk. The second setting information indicates a third track selected from one or more first tracks different from the second track. In a case where an access destination is a user area, the controller converts logical address information into physical address information while slipping the second track and the third track. In a case where an access destination is a system area, the controller converts logical address information into physical address information while slipping all of the first tracks other than the third track among the plurality of first tracks.