Dissipation of liquid droplets in a magnetic disk drive

Magnetic disk drives and associated methods are described for an improved process for dissipating liquid droplets that may accumulate on a slider of the magnetic disk drive. For the droplet removal process, the slider having the liquid droplet is unloaded from the magnetic disk. For example, the slider may be unloaded from the magnetic disk and onto a ramp assembly. While unloaded from the magnetic disk, a heating power is applied to a TFC heating element in the slider to increase the temperature of the slider. The temperature is increased to a threshold temperature which dissipates any liquid droplets that may have accumulated on the slider. After the liquid droplets have dissipated, the slider may again be loaded onto the magnetic disk.