摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for recording data onto a write once recording medium, the recording medium having a data area and a management area, the data area having a spare area, the apparatus comprising: a pickup configured to record data onto the recording medium; and a microcomputer configured to control the pickup , wherein the microcomputer is configured to perform a replacement-recording by controlling the pickup to record data requested to be recorded in a specified area onto a replacement area in the data area when the specified area is defective or contains data recorded thereon; and controlling the pickup to record onto the management area a pair of consecutive entries for managing the replacement-recording when the replacement area is a plurality of consecutive recording-units, wherein one of the pair of consecutive entries includes start address information of the specified area and start address information of the replacement area and the other entry includes end address information of the specified area and end address information of the replacement area.</p> |