Patent ID: 7636215

Claim:
A magnetic recording medium where data track patterns and servo patterns are formed on one surface and another surface of a disk-shaped substrate by patterns including recording regions and non-recording regions, wherein in the data track patterns on the one surface, the non-recording regions are formed at formation positions on the one surface corresponding to formation positions of all of the recording regions in the data track patterns on the other surface and the recording regions are formed at formation positions on the one surface corresponding to formation positions of all of the non-recording regions in the data track patterns on the other surface, and in the servo patterns on the one surface, the non-recording regions are formed at formation positions on the one surface corresponding to formation positions of all of the recording regions in the servo patterns on the other surface and the recording regions are formed at formation positions on the one surface corresponding to formation positions of all of the non-recording regions in the servo patterns on the other surface.