Information recording and playing device, method of the same, and recording medium

摘要

An information recording and playing apparatus includes a recording/playing unit to perform background formatting on a rewritable recording medium together with recording/playing of data on the rewritable recording medium according to a user's request. The information recording and playing apparatus further comprises a control unit to prevent a position where the recording/playing of data on the rewritable recording medium is completed from being too far apart from a position where the background formatting is to be started.