Method of detecting imbalanced disk in disk drive apparatus and disk drive apparatus

摘要

A method of detecting an imbalanced disk in a disk drive apparatus detects an imbalanced disk at a relatively reasonable cost with high accuracy. In a disk drive apparatus configured to read a signal recorded in a disk by using an optical pickup, the method includes a step of determining whether or not the disk is an imbalanced disk based on a signal component of a tracking error signal, which is detected in accordance with push-pull method, depending on a status of the optical pickup.