Disk drive correcting track address during a write operation

A method of performing a write operation in a disk drive, the disk drive comprising a disk having a plurality of servo tracks, wherein each servo track comprises a plurality of servo sectors and each servo sector comprises a track address identifying the servo track, and a head actuated over the disk, the method comprising:

• processing a read signal from the head representing a first track address in one of the servo sectors in order to generate a detected track address;
• comparing the detected track address to a first target track address to obtain a first track address error;
• generating a correction metric representing a likelihood that the first track address error was caused by a detection error;
• if the correction metric exceeds a threshold, correcting the detected track address in response to the first track address error and continuing with the write operation;
• and
• if the correction metric does not exceed the threshold, aborting the write operation.