A storage apparatus includes the following. A storage medium stores
information. A drive unit rotatively drives the storage medium. A head
section records and/or reproduces information from the storage medium
rotatively driven by the drive unit. A detection unit detects
temperatures of slide sections during rotative driving. PTC heaters heat
the slide sections. A control unit turns on the PTC heaters when a
temperature detected by the temperature detection unit is lower than or
equal to specified reference temperature.