To provide a disk drive system provided with an inertial latching
mechanism which has high reliability and can be arranged in a thin-model
disk drive system. There is provided an inertial arm (7) engaging an
actuator (22) when a head arm (25) is in or near a parking position and
releasing engagement 3with the actuator (22) when the head arm (25) is in
or near a position close to a disk (1) and energizing means for holding a
position of the inertial arm (7) in a position where the engagement with
the actuator (22) is released. Even if a rotational shock is externally
applied when the actuator (22) remains in the parking position, moment of
rotation is applied on each of the actuator (22) and inertial arm (7) in
the same direction, the actuator (22) and inertial arm (7) mutually
restrain their operations at an engaging part, and the oscillation of the
actuator (22) to a data area can be avoided. When loading, a position of
the inertial arm (7) is held by the energizing means in the position
where the engagement with the actuator (22) is released so that the
release of the engagement and mode of operation of the engagement between
the actuator (22) and inertial arm (7) when loading/unloading can be
surely achieved.