A magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus is disclosed which comprises a recording inductive magnetic head (101), a reproducing magnetoresistive magnetic head (101), a read-write circuit (104) for inputting a signal to the inductive magnetic head and for reproducing the output from the magnetoresistive magnetic head, an interface (107) for inputting/outputting a signal between the read-write circuit and a superior device, and a mechanism (101, 102, 105, 106) for moving the inductive magnetic head, magnetoresistive magnetic head and the magnetic recording medium relative to one another, wherein the information recorded on the recording medium is reproduced with an area recording density of 300 Mb/in² or more.