Information recording apparatus

摘要

An information recording apparatus (S) for recording record information onto a record medium (1), on which (i) a plurality of information groups each comprising one series of the record information and (ii) management information including positional information indicating a recorded area of each of the information groups are recordable, is provided with: a detecting device (2) for detecting the management information (30), which is recorded in advance on the record medium, from the record medium; a recording device (2) for newly recording the record information onto the record medium; an outputting device (20, 23) for outputting an identification information to identify the information groups, which are recorded in advance on the record medium, on the basis of the detected management information while the recording device is newly recording the record information; a specifying device (20, 24) for specifying an erasable information from among the information groups which are identified by the outputted identification information while the recording device is newly recording the record information; and a controlling device (20) for controlling the recording device to newly record the record information to a recordable area, which includes the recorded area of the specified erasable information as well as a non-recorded area where the record information is not recorded, of the record medium on the basis of the positional information included in the detected management information. <IMAGE>