Patent ID: 7509728

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a first disk drive, the method comprising the steps of: incorporating a first storage disk having a first storage surface, and a first slider having a first read/write head into the first disk drive, the first read/write head being movably positioned a first head-to-disk spacing relative to the first storage surface, the first slider comprising a first slider mover that forms a portion of the first slider; providing a second storage surface and a second slider comprising a second slider mover forming a portion thereof and a second read/write head moveably positioned a second head-to-disk spacing relative to the second storage surface; determining an incremental power level necessary to be delivered to the second slider mover of the second slider to adjust the second head-to-disk spacing of the second read/write head relative to the second storage surface by a predetermined increment; and adjusting the first head-to-disk spacing by directing an operational power level to the first slider mover, the operational power level being based on the incremental power level.