RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD, AND DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS

摘要

A recording medium, a data recording/reproducing method and a data recording/reproducing apparatus are disclosed. A recording medium comprises a data zone where user data are recorded; an inner zone located at an inner circumference of the data zone; and an outer zone located at an outer circumference of the data zone, wherein the data zone includes a spare area and a user data area, and the user data are recorded in the order of a use direction of the spare area, the use direction being the same as a recording direction of the data. The spare areas of the recording medium can be used efficiently.