A particle remover for a data storage device that removes particles
attached to a surface of a disk, the particle remover including a fixed
portion installed on a base plate of the data storage device; and
pressure plates extending from the fixed portion toward the disk and
respectively overlapping an upper surface and a lower surface of the
disk, and having disk opposing surfaces with shapes that are convex
toward the disk to form a space between the disk opposing surfaces and
the surface of the disk that becomes narrower and then wider along a
rotational direction of the disk.