摘要 |
A storage medium and method for managing a defective area of the storage medium are provided. The method includes (A) identifying a defective area found during recording or reproducing of data; (B) writing the data intended for the defective area in any part of a user area that is unused, wherein the storage medium is without any pre-designated spare area so that the entire user area corresponds to an entire data area of the storage medium; and (C) writing positional information about the defective area in the user area.
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