Bi staple flying height detection by BEMF control profile and data integrity problem protection

摘要

Embodiments of the present invention relate to detecting a flying high state in which a head/slider is flying stably at a high flying position, and then to restore the head/slider to a normal flying position. The detection is made by detecting a read output of a head using a head output detector, and by detecting a gain of a VGA using a gain detector. A control unit uses a value measured in a normal flying state as a reference value to compare a detected value with the reference value. If the compared values differ from each other, the control unit judges that a flying high state has occurred. The control unit, therefore, moves the head/slider to the vicinity of the innermost circumferential track of the disk, or unloads the head/slider.