Method of assigning a spare area of an optical recording medium

摘要

A method of formatting an optical recording medium having a data area is provided, the method comprising: a) receiving a command to format an optical recording medium; and b) according to a selected one of a predetermined first format and a predetermined second format in addition to a user area assigning a spare area to be utilized for defect management purposes by b1) a primary spare area and a supplementary spare area, if the first format has been selected and b2) a primary spare area only, if the second format has been selected. Particularly, the primary spare area of b1) and b2) are of the same size. <IMAGE>