In a method and system for loading and locking a recording tape cartridge in a drive, the cartridge is inserted into a load box in the drive. The load box containing the cartridge is moved in a vertical direction while maintaining the load box and cartridge substantially level. In a final downward operation position, the cartridge is engaged by a drive interface.

 
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< Magnetoresistive device including pinned structure with a layer that provides texture for pinning

< Disk drive having a disk including a servo burst pattern in which a phase difference between radially adjacent servo bursts is less than 180 degrees

> Disk unit with increased head-positioning accuracy

> Disk spacer with gradually deepening groove formed only in a middle portion of an outer circumferential surface thereof
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