Magnetic head slider for absorbing vibrations

A magnetic head slider disposed opposite to a surface of a magnetic disk, comprising:

• a slider main body;
• a magnetic head element that reads, or reproduces data from the magnetic disk;
• and a hard contact pad that is isolated from the slider main body by a vibration damping member, and that is provided on a bottom face of the slider main body, wherein an arrangement position of the contact pad is any one of a position such that a gap between the contact pad and the surface of the magnetic disk is smaller than a gap between the magnetic head element and the surface of the magnetic disk, and a position such that the contact pad comes in contact with the magnetic disk, but there is no direct contact of the magnetic head element with the magnetic disk.

A magnetic head slider disposed opposite to a surface of a magnetic disk, comprising:

• a slider main body;
• a magnetic head element that reads and reproduces data from the magnetic disk;
• and at least one stud member, provided at a predetermined position of the slider main body, a proximal end of the stud member embedded in the slider main body and a distal end of the stud member projecting toward the surface of the magnetic disk by a predetermined amount, wherein an absorbing material that absorbs vibrations is interposed between the proximal end and the slider main body.