Apparatus and method for reading and writing information onto a hard disk
drive is provided. The apparatus includes a suspension assembly for a
hard disk drive. The suspension assembly includes at least two spring
extensions that couple to a proximal portion of a load beam. These spring
extensions are disposed by a vertical offset and couple to the load beam
on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of the load beam. The method for
operating a disk drive apparatus includes following by a suspension
assembly from a reference position to a second position a vertical
movement of a rotating disk. The suspension assembly is predisposed to
move from the reference position to the second position by a vertical
offset between a first and second spring extensions of the suspension
assembly. A read/write head coupled to the suspension assembly is in
closer alignment to a selected track during the vertical movement in the
second position than if the first and second spring extensions are
disposed to be co-planar.