Recordable disc with fluid bearing features

A device comprising:

• a recordable media including,
• a substrate,
• a recordable media layer on the substrate, and
• a thin-film lubrication layer on the recordable media layer;
• a head used to communicate with the recordable media, wherein the thin-film lubrication layer provides lubrication between the recordable media and the head;
• a housing;
• and
• a fluid bearing including a surface of the housing and a surface of the recordable media.

A disc drive comprising:

• a recordable disc including a first surface and a second surface;
• and
• a housing including a third surface and fourth surface;
• wherein the first surface and third surface combine to form a first fluid bearing adjacent to a first side of the recordable disc,
• wherein the second surface and fourth surface combine to form a second fluid bearing adjacent to a second side of the recordable disc and opposite to the first side of the recordable disc,
• wherein the recordable disc is suspended between the first fluid bearing and the second fluid bearing during operation of the disc drive.

A method of fabricating recordable discs for disc drives comprising:

• forming recordable media layer on a substrate;
• forming a textured fluid bearing surface on the substrate;
• and
• partitioning the substrate to form at least two recordable discs from the substrate.