A method of reducing microjog errors in a disk drive having a data
recording disk with data tracks and a transducer head positionable on the
tracks. The head includes a writer element offset from a reader element.
To reduce microjog errors, track squeeze is measured at a number of
locations across the surface, wherein the squeeze is due to
mis-positioning of the track relative to neighboring tracks. A microjog
distance for the destination track is provided, and a microjog correction
value based on the measured track squeeze is calculated. The correction
value is applied to the microjog distance to obtain a corrected microjog
distance that reduces microjog errors due to track squeeze.