A magnetic head with improved hard magnet properties includes a sensor stack structure of current-perpendicular-to-the-planes (CPP) type formed in a central region between first and second shield layers, and a multi-layered seed layer structure formed in side regions adjacent the central region. The multi-layered structure has a first layer including nitrogenated nickel-tantalum (NiTa+N) and a second layer including chromium-molybdenum (CrMo), which are formed over an insulator in the side regions. A hard bias layer formed over the multi-layered structure is preferably a cobalt-based alloy. Methods of making the magnetic head are also described.

 
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