Patent ID: 7686972

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a magnetic recording medium, comprising: forming a magnetic recording film above a substrate; forming a pattern transfer film, into which a concavo-convex pattern of a magnetic recording medium is to be transferred by imprinting, by vapor-depositing an organic material for forming the pattern transfer film onto the magnetic recording film while heating the organic material at a temperature of 100° C. to 400° C. in a vacuum of 1×10 −3 Torr or less; forming an etching mask pattern by transferring the concavo-convex pattern into the pattern transfer film using an imprint stamper; etching the magnetic recording film using the etching mask pattern as a mask; and removing the etching pattern mask by heating the etching mask pattern at a temperature of 100° C. to 400° C. in a vacuum, wherein formation of the magnetic recording film, formation of the etching mask pattern, etching of the magnetic recording film, and removal of the etching mask pattern are carried out in a vacuum of 1×10 −3 Torr or less.