Storage medium reproducing apparatus and storage medium reproducing method

A storage medium reproducing apparatus, comprising:

• a storage medium that records data;
• a reproducing head that reads the data recorded in the storage medium;
• a data area that is arranged on the storage medium, and includes tracks capable of writing data and recording dots formed by mutually isolated recording materials and arranged on the tracks;
• a servo area that is arranged on the storage medium, and includes servo dots on which position data for positioning the reproducing head is recorded, the servo dots being formed by mutually isolated recording materials having approximately the same size as the size of the recording dots;
• a positioning controlling unit that performs positioning control of the reproducing head with respect to the tracks based on servo signals from the servo area;
• and
• a reproducing processing unit that reproduces the data recorded in the data area by reading the recording dots of the data area using the reproducing head the position of which is decided on the tracks, wherein
• the reproducing head has a head width capable of simultaneously reading a plurality of servo dots.