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Using a ldquodragrdquo tester in which the recording head is in direct contact with a perpendicular media disc, we show experimentally that the footprint of the head has a ldquodoughnutrdquo shape, as predicted by theory. A change in the switching properties of the media, from coherent rotation in conventional perpendicular media to incoherent rotation in exchange spring media, can be detected through...