In one embodiment, a magnetic disk apparatus comprises a magnetic disk for
recording information; a magnetic head that reads information from, or
writes information to, the magnetic disk; an actuator device that drives
the magnetic head; and a control system that controls the driving of the
actuator device. The actuator device is configured by a dual stage
actuator comprising a fine actuator that drives the head and a coarse
actuator that drives the magnetic head together with the fine actuator.
The control system includes a fine controller that generates an
operational value for driving the fine actuator and a coarse controller
that generates an operational amount for driving the coarse actuator. The
control system includes a mechanism for smoothly changing the operational
amount generated by the fine controller immediately before saturation
resulting from an applied voltage limit of the fine actuator or at the
time the fine actuator returns to a control range from the saturation.