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摘要

An information recording and/or reproducing apparatus is operable with a large-capacity recording medium (13) and is operatively connected with a host computer (16). The apparatus has a cache memory (114) for temporarily storing therein information transmitted from the host computer (16), and also has a write-back function and a write-through function. When recording by the use of the write-back function is designated by a recording designation flag (112), the maximum number of substitutions of defective sectors is automatically set to a given value for a write-back operation, and a mode display (12) indicates that a write-back mode has been selected. The write-back operation is inhibited by a write-back inhibit flag (113) according to the frequency of occurrence of the substitutions or the condition of a substitute area (73) to thereby enhance the reliability of recording information.