APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING DATA ON AN INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM USING PADDING INFORMATION, AND THE INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

An apparatus and method for recording and/or reproducing data on a disc are provided using padding information, and a corresponding information storage medium. The recording method includes recording a recording unit block in which invalid data is padded in part of the block and recording padding information indicating that the invalid data is included. According to the method, a disc drive becomes able to distinguish valid data from invalid data in an error correction block such that reliability of reproduction increases and stability of the system is improved.