Recording medium, and method and apparatus for managing defective areas of recording medium

摘要

A recording medium and a method and apparatus for managing defective areas of the recording medium are provided. The method includes allocating, in a data recording direction, a spare area of a certain size in an information area of the recording medium as a data recording operation is performed, if a defective area is detected during the data recording operation; and performing a replacement recording operation onto the allocated spare area to record in the allocated spare area, data intended for the defective area.