Method of producing file management structures, information reproduction apparatus and information reproducing method

摘要

In an information recording medium, wherein data are reproduced in a sector unit, a file area for recording the file systems of a plurality of operating systems and a discrimination area for recording the position data on the file systems in the file area are provided. Then, the same data recorded in the recording medium can be managed by the operating systems of different file management systems. In a recording apparatus for reproducing data from the information recording medium, the position data are reproduced from the discrimination area and the data recorded in the information recording medium can be read by converting the position data to an actual sector address in the information recording medium. Thus, a file can by reproduced from the recording medium with either of the operating systems.