Data recording and reproducing system with error correction capability using ECC and CRC codes

摘要

An optical disk system. Each of data blocks supplied from a higher ranked unit is divided into a plurality of code words, each of which is added with an error correction code to be subsequently recorded on an optical disk. In reproduction, each of the data blocks read out from the optical disk is subjected to error correction on the code-word basis. Information indicative of the presence or absence of data error in each code word and the presence or absence of the error incapable of being corrected is sent to the higher ranked unit together with the reproduced data. In this way, the code word suffering the uncorrectable error is excluded from data of the other code words which can be validly utilized by the high ranked unit.