Magnetic recording and reproducing device

A magnetic recording and reproducing device comprising:

• a magnetic recording medium;
• a recording element;
• and
• a reproducing element,
• wherein the recording element is an inductive recording element having a first magnetic pole which generates a magnetic field, and a second magnetic pole which is spaced apart from the first magnetic pole with a write gap interposed therebetween,
• a tip width of the first magnetic pole is substantially the same as a tip width of the second magnetic pole,
• a reproducing element width of the reproducing element is 0.2 μm or greater and less than 0.5 μm,
• the magnetic recording medium has a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer containing a ferromagnetic powder, and
• a number of recesses, which are present in a surface of the magnetic layer and have an equivalent circle diameter of 0.10 μm or greater and less than 0.20 μm, is 100 to 2,000 per area of 40 μm×40 μm.