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

摘要

An information recording medium, a recording/reproducing apparatus, and a recording/reproducing method are provided to reduce access time and search frequency by replacement data, replacing defective data, at the location to record defective data when a user data recorded in a first area are copied in a second area and are recorded. An information storage medium comprises: a first area which replacement data for replacing designated defective data among recorded user data(620) are recorded in a logical overwriting part; and a second area in which user data recorded in the first area are copied and are recorded. When the user data recorded in the first area are copied in the second are and are recorded, the replacement data replacing defective data are written at the location in which defective data is recorded.