RECORDING MEDIUM WITH STATUS INFORMATION THEREON WHICH CHANGES UPON UPDATING AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING, RECORDING, AND REPRODUCING THE RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or optical recording medium and apparatus and methods for recording to and reproducing from the recording medium, in order to initialize, reinitialize, format, and/or re-format the high-density and/or optical recording medium.