| 摘要 |
An apparatus ( 22 ) for recording and reproducing digital information uses a disk recording medium ( 23 ) in which data recording area is divided into plural zones in the radial direction, and defect information is managed for each zone. The apparatus comprises a formatting portion ( 26 ) for executing the formatting process of the disk recording medium ( 23 ), a detecting portion ( 24 ) for obtaining defect information that were detected in the last formatting process of the disk recording medium ( 23 ), and a controlling portion ( 25 ) for informing the formatting portion ( 26 ) of a zone to be formatted next in the decreasing order of the number of defects in accordance with the defect information obtained by the detecting portion ( 24 ).
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