As the critical design requirements decrease, we need to understand how confinement affects the performance of the materials we use. One example of this occurs with the lubricant used on magnetic recording disks to reduce wear between the disk and head reader during unexpected intermittent contact. Lubricants for use in hard drives need to have sufficient reflow and redistribution properties which are stable in a wide range of temperatures experienced in today's hard drive. Since the material properties of the confined system often differ from the bulk properties, the tools needed to properly investigate these systems need to be developed and understood. In this study, we utilized atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques, to study the confinement effects on lubricant stability with temperature. Our studies have demonstrated distinct changes in adhesion force with changes in the thickness of the confining substrate layer. As adhesion is a component of friction, these changes in adhesion are directly related to lubricant performance and its ability to reduce wear between disk and reader.