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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2007
Sumie Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumoto Onoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Iwao Oshimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Oosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumie Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsumoto Onoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Iwao Oshimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Oosawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention prevent occurrence of a write pole erasure in the event of a power failure within a magnetic disk apparatus of a perpendicular magnetic recording system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a recording current is flowed through a magnetic head to record data in a magnetic disk. An occurrence of a power failure in the magnetic disk apparatus is detected. When a power failure has occurred, the recording head is demagnetized with power in case of a power failure. The recording head is unloaded after the recording head has been demagnetized. For the power in case of a power failure, back electromotive force of a spindle motor can be utilized. As a result, effects exerted on data recorded in the magnetic disk due to residual magnetism remaining in the recording head can be eliminated.