Patent ID: 7115330

Claim:
A magnetic recording medium comprising: a textured surface that is textured in a predetermined direction, said textured surface having a distance λ between two mutually adjacent texturing lines satisfying a relationship 5<λ<30 nm, and an angleφ between the textured surface and an oblique texture plane satisfying a relationship 0.5<φ<7 degrees; a Cr-based underlayer provided on the textured surface and having a preferred growth so that a number of grains having Cr<110> in a vicinity of 0 degrees or 90 degrees with respect to the predetermined direction is two times or greater than a number of grains having Cr<110> in a vicinity of 45 degrees with respect to the predetermined direction; and a Co-based magnetic layer provided on the underlayer and having Co(1120) preferred growth along the predetermined direction.