Transducer head with separate data and servo read elements

A method for reading within a magnetic storage system comprising the steps of:

• providing a first magnetic surface which includes a first data region and a first servo sector;
• providing a first data reader and a first servo reader, wherein the first data reader is uncoupled from the first servo reader;
• reading servo information from said first servo sector with the first servo reader;
• determining an off-track position of the first data reader;
• moving the first data reader to compensate for the off-track position;
• and
• reading user data from the first data region of the first magnetic surface with the first data reader, wherein said data reader does not provide positioning information.

A magnetic storage system having one or more rotating disks, comprising:

• a data reader;
• and
• a servo reader, wherein:
• the data reader reads user data,
• the servo reader reads servo information within embedded servo sectors,
• the data reader and servo reader are separate, and
• the data reader does not provide positioning information.

A magnetic storage system having at least one rotating disk, comprising:

• a first magnetic surface that includes a plurality of first servo means for providing transducer position information, the plurality of first servo means being located on the first magnetic surface and arranged along a predetermined number of first radii;
• at least a second magnetic surface that includes a plurality of second servo means for providing transducer position information, the plurality of second servo means being located on the at least a second magnetic surface and arranged along a predetermined number of second radii, wherein each of the plurality of first servo means is intentionally at least partially offset circumferentially from each of the plurality of second servo means;
• and,
• a first transducer positioned adjacent to the first magnetic surface and a second transducer positioned adjacent to the second magnetic surface and wherein a first reader on the first transducer flies over the first servo means while a second reader on the second transducer flies over a data sector on the second magnetic surface.

A method for manufacturing a magnetic storage system, comprising:

• writing servo information in the form of at least a first servo sector on a first data surface;
• writing servo information in the form of at least a second servo sector on a second data surface, wherein the first servo sector is purposefully offset circumferentially relative to each servo sector on the second data surface;
• positioning a first transducer adjacent to the first data surface;
• and
• positioning a second transducer adjacent to the second data surface, wherein, when the first transducer reads servo information, the second transducer is positioned over a data sector and, when the second transducer reads servo information, the first transducer is positioned over a data sector.

A method for performing servo control in a magnetic storage system, comprising:

• (a) reading, with a first reading element, servo information from a first servo sector on a first magnetic surface;
• (b) determining an off-track position of a second reading or writing element;
• (c) moving the second reading or writing element to compensate for the off-track position;
• and
• (d) reading user data from or writing user data to a second data region of a second magnetic surface with the second reading or writing element, wherein during the reading step (a) the first servo sector is purposefully circumferentially offset from a second servo sector on the second magnetic surface such that, during reading step (a), the second reading or writing element is positioned above a data region of the second magnetic surface.

A magnetic storage system having one or more rotating disks, comprising:

• a data track on each rotating disk;
• a servo sector embedded within the data track, wherein the servo sector includes an A burst and a B burst;
• a first transducer suspended above the data track, wherein the first transducer includes:
• a data reader including a first MR strip having a first width, and
• a servo reader including a second MR strip having a second width, wherein the first MR strip is electrically isolated from the second MR strip, wherein the first width is less than the second width, wherein the data track has a third width, wherein the first width of the first MR strip is less than the third width, wherein each of the A and B bursts has a fourth width;
• and,
• an erase band, wherein the erase band has a fifth width and wherein the fourth width of the A and B bursts is greater than the fifth width plus the third width.

A magnetic storage system having one or more rotating disks, comprising:

• a data reader, wherein the data reader reads user data;
• a servo reader, wherein the servo reader reads servo information within embedded servo sectors, wherein the data reader and servo reader are separate, wherein the embedded servo sectors include an A burst and a B burst, and wherein each of the A and B bursts has a fourth width;
• and,
• an erase band, wherein the rotating disk includes a data track having a third width, wherein the erase band has a fifth width, and wherein the fourth width of the A and B bursts is greater than the fifth width plus the third width.

A magnetic storage system having one or more rotating disks, comprising:

• a data track on each rotating disk;
• a servo sector embedded within the data track;
• a first transducer suspended above the data track, wherein the first transducer includes:
• a data reader including a first MR strip, and
• a servo reader including a second MR strip, wherein the first MR strip is electrically isolated from the second MR strip;
• a data read channel;
• and
• a servo read channel, wherein:
• the data read channel is coupled to the data reader,
• the servo read channel is coupled to the servo reader, and
• the data read channel is separate from the servo read channel.

A magnetic storage system having one or more rotating disks, comprising:

• a data track on each rotating disk;
• a servo sector embedded within the data track;
• a first transducer suspended above the data track, wherein the first transducer includes:
• a data reader including a first MR strip, and
• a servo reader including a second MR strip, wherein the first MR strip is electrically isolated from the second MR strip;
• a first magnetic surface;
• and
• a second magnetic surface, wherein:
• the first magnetic surface has a plurality of first servo sectors arranged along a predetermined number of first radii,
• the second magnetic surface has a plurality of second servo sectors arranged along a predetermined number of second radii, and
• the first radii and second radii are staggered so that the plurality of first servo sectors are circumferentially offset from the plurality of second servo sectors.

A magnetic storage system having one or more rotating disks, comprising:

• a data reader;
• a servo reader, wherein:
• the data reader reads user data,
• the servo reader reads servo information within embedded servo sectors, and
• the data reader and servo reader are separate;
• a first magnetic surface;
• and
• a second magnetic surface, wherein:
• the first magnetic surface has a plurality of first servo sectors arranged along a predetermined number of first radii,
• the second magnetic surface has a plurality of second servo sectors arranged along a predetermined number of second radii, and
• the first radii and second radii are staggered so that the plurality of first servo sectors are circumferentially offset from the plurality of second servo sectors.