A method for texturing a substrate for a magnetic disk comprises abrading the
substrate
using nano-sized diamond particles (e.g. having a diameter less than or equal to
20 nm). A magnetic layer is then deposited over the substrate. Even when the texture
is extremely smooth (e.g. less than about 2.2 Ra), the disk still exhibits
good Hc and MrT orientation ratios, SNR and PW50.