Optical disk, and method apparatus for recording/reproducing data thereon wherein areas of the disk employ different formats

摘要

A data recording/reproducing optical disk comprises a plurality of land areas and a plurality of groove areas, which are formed in configuration as concentric circles in such a manner that a plurality of tracks are formed on the plurality of land areas and the plurality of groove areas, the plurality of tracks are partitioned into a plurality of zones provided on the disk from the inner side to the outer side thereof and a plurality of sector areas are formed on a track in a continuous manner with the plurality of sector areas on a next track, wherein the disk in use is rotated such that a rotation number of the disk in a zone is sequentially slowed in successive zones toward the outer side of the disk along a radial direction under a condition of a constant product of a rotation number and the number of sector areas in one track in each zone.