1.   Also, Read-Rite said it had pushed back an order for lead wires, which connect recording heads inside a drive, to next quarter.

2.   Conventional videotapes rely on recording heads that trace a slanted track that is micrometers wide onto magnetic tape.

3.   In May, Seagate placed another bet on the same sort of technology, agreeing to co-develop and manufacture recording heads for San Jose-based TeraStore.

4.   Most disk drives built today use inductive thin-film recording heads.

5.   Most drives retract their recording heads when you power them down, but a good jolt might send one of them clanging into the disk surface.

6.   NARROW TRACKS CUT DATA COSTS An improved production process makes it possible to construct silicon recording heads that lay down three times as much data on magnetic media.

7.   She added that Digital would be unlikely to sell its disk drive business without including the recording heads unit.

8.   The company also said it will take a bigger-than-expected charge to speed up its transition to more sophisticated recording heads.

9.   The current prototype uses a disk, about the size of a CD, made of gadolinium, a metal used in the recording heads of video recorders.

10.   The Hutchinson, Minnesota-based company makes suspension assemblies that hold recording heads in position on computer disk drives.