Patent ID: 6912103
Filing Date: 2005-06-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a disk drive, the disk drive including a disk having a disk surface, a slider disposable adjacent the disk surface for writing and reading data to and from the disk, and a slider loading/unloading ramp for the slider, the method comprising: a) rotating the disk at a loading speed; b) moving the slider from the slider loading/unloading ramp to fly at a loading fly height above the disk surface; c) rotating the disk at an operational speed greater than the loading speed; d) operating the slider at an operational fly height above the disk surface less than the loading fly height above the disk surface; e) rotating the disk at an unloading speed less than the operational speed; and f) moving the slider from the disk to the slider loading/unloading ramp at an unloading fly height greater than the operational fly height.