A RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS

摘要

A RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS A recording and/or reproducing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a pickup writing data to or reading data from a recording medium. The apparatus further comprises a controller controlling the pickup to record data on the recording medium, and to record recording-status data, the recording-status data representing occupied areas in a user data area on the recording medium, in a temporary defect management area allocated on the recording medium, and to record predetermined data in an unoccupied area of the temporary defect management area.