A method for manufacturing a slider including a head for recording data into and reproducing data from a record carrier, and a floatation surface that floats above the record carrier includes the steps of setting an orthogonal coordinate system having an origin as a center of the floatation surface, and regulating a shape of the floatation surface by using laser to scan a rear surface of the floatation surface so that a flatness at each of plural positions set by the orthogonal coordinate system.
