The invention includes a testing method which may be applied to at least
one writer in a disk drive during the self-test phase to generate write
parameters, focused on the Over Shoot Control (OSC) of the write current
parameter to improve the reliability of write operations by that writer.
The Minimum OSC is used for write operations in normal temperatures. The
Optimum OSC is used for a first lower temperature range, preferably
between essentially 15 degrees Centigrade and essentially 5 degrees
Centigrade. The Maximum OSC is preferred below essentially 5 degrees
Centigrade. The Minimum OSC should preferably guarantee both an Adjacent
Track Write (ATW) criteria, as well as guarantee a Write Induced
Instability (WII) criteria. The invention includes the write parameter
collection, as well as the disk drive containing the generated write
parameter collection. The invention also includes the method of using
that write parameter collection to control a writer while writing to
tracks belonging to the radial zone collection and program systems
implementing the invention's methods.