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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable look-ahead even about continuously recorded data needing random access with a jump included halfway during continuous recording, and further to enable the restoration of the continuously recorded data when management information is damaged. SOLUTION: ID information including a flag showing whether a sector containing data is the front of continuous record, halfway in the continuous record or the end of the continuous record, and the address of a sector in which the next data is recorded is attached to each sector, and in a playback mode, the ID information is used to perform look-ahead in response to a read command from a host system. If the management information is damaged, the ID information is used to restore the continuously recorded data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
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