A method of testing quality of a servo burst signal recorded on a hard
disk drive and a recording medium adapted therefor, the hard disk drive
including a plurality of sectors within one track and the burst signals
for servo control recorded radially on each sector. The method includes:
detecting peak positions at a radial position in which amplitudes of the
recorded burst signals peak respectively on each track; comparing the
detected peak positions of the burst signals on each track; detecting
peak position error count, the peak position error count being a number
of tracks in which offset of the detected peak positions exceed an offset
limit within a predetermined number of tracks; and if the peak position
error count exceeds the offset limit, determining a write quality of the
servo burst signal to be low. A servo burst signal recorded with uniform
intensity and a servo burst signal recorded with shift from normal
position can be detected. Therefore, the quality of a servo burst signal
can be managed efficiently.