Information storage medium, information recording method and apparatus, and information reproducing method and apparatus

摘要

There is provided an information storage medium capable of highly reliable defect management, even if the medium has relatively low resistance to overwriting. The information storage medium comprises a defect management area in which defect management information on a replacing process is recorded, a spare area for defect management information on the defect management area, and an area in which a DMA manager for managing the replacing process using the spare area for defect management information is recorded.