Magnetic disk and magnetic disk apparatus provided with the same

A magnetic disk comprising:

• a flat disk-shaped substrate having a front surface, a back surface, and a center hole;
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• a recording region formed on at least one of the front and back surfaces excluding an annular edge portion located around an outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate and patterned depending on the presence of a magnetic material,
• the recording region including a data recording region formed between the center hole and the edge portion of the substrate, an annular landing region formed continuously to the data recording region around the outer periphery of the data recording region, and a plurality of servo regions which are formed in substantially radial patterns extending from the center hole to an outer peripheral edge portion of the substrate, respectively and which divide the data recording region and the landing region into a plurality of sections, respectively in the circumferential direction of the substrate;
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• the data recording region has a plurality of magnetic tracks extending in the circumferential direction of the substrate, respectively as well as formed in the radial direction of the substrate at a predetermined pitch, and the landing region including a plurality of recognition tracks extending in the circumferential direction of the substrate, respectively and arranged in the radial direction of the substrate concentrically with the magnetic tracks at a visually recognizable pitch larger than the pitch of the magnetic tracks of the data recording region.