Patent ID: 7326436

Claim:
A method of fabricating a magnetic recording medium, comprising the steps of: forming, on one main surface of a non-magnetic support, a magnetic layer having a ferromagnetic metal thin film; and forming, on the magnetic layer, a carbon-containing protective layer by the chemical vapor deposition process using an ion source equipped with a hollow cathode, and wherein in said step of forming said protective layer, the protective layer is formed to have a thickness of 2 nm to 16 nm and the protective layer is formed to have a ratio (D/G) of an intensity (G) having a peak of 1,550 cm −1 or more and 1,650 cm −1 or less and an intensity (D) having a peak of 1,350 cm −1 or more and 1,450 cm −1 or less in Raman scattering spectrum being 1.0 or less.