Perpendicular orientation effects on overwrite characteristics in Ba-ferrite floppy disks (FDs) were investigated with three different heads (MTE, FTE and DS-MIG heads). The principal results are as follows. (1) The relationship between overwrite modulation and overwritten signal density depends both on head type and media orientation. (2) The effect of overwrite on bit shift cannot be judged by the OWM value for a particular density. (3) For both a 20kFRPI and a 35kFRPI signals overwritten on pre-recorded random pattern signal, in the 1-7 coding system, the total bit shift for Ba-ferrite FD is smaller than that for metal FD.