Patent ID: 7430086

Claim:
A discrete track recording method for recording information on a magnetic recording medium having mutually adjacent tracks that are separated in advance by a groove, comprising: rotating a spindle; carrying out a recording using a first recording head having a core width in a range greater than or equal to a first value CW 1 and less than a second value CW 2 with respect to a first magnetic recording medium fixed on the spindle and having a first track pitch TP 1 , where CW 1 <CW 2 ; and carrying out a recording using a second recording head having a core width in a range greater than or equal to the second value CW 2 and less than a third value CW 3 with respect to a second magnetic recording medium fixed on the spindle and having a second track pitch TP 2 , where CW 2 <CW 3 and TP 1 <TP 2 .