INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD

摘要

An information storage medium, a recording/reproducing apparatus therefor, and a recording/ reproducing method thereof to manage last recorded addresses of data. The recording apparatus includes: a write unit which records data on an information storage medium including a lead-in area, a data area and a lead-out area, wherein the data area includes a user data area for recording user data and a spare area for recording replacement data for replacing data recorded in the user data area; and a controller which controls the write unit to record the replacement data in the spare area or a unrecorded area of the user data area, and record a logical last recorded address (LRA) of data in a logical volume space of the user data area in the lead-in area or the lead-out area. Accordingly, data can be reliably recorded and reproduced by effectively managing the LRA of the user data area.