Information recording medium having an area for recording information indicating logical erasure of data and method for recording information

摘要

There is disclosed an information recording medium having an area for recording data and an area for recording a directory used to manage the recorded data, by providing an area for recording information indicating logical erasure of the unnecessary data. In the information record method of the present invention, when unnecessary data is produced, information indicating the logical erasure of the data is recorded in the area of the information record medium in which the directory is recorded.