A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING AND MANAGING DATA STORED ON AN INFORMATIONAL DISK

摘要

A system and method for organizing data on a removable optical disk. The surface area of the disk is divided into concentric data bands (12, 13, 14), each comprising sufficient disk surface area upon which a large number of concentric data tracks may be written. Concentric servo tracks (16, 17, 18), wider than the data tracks, are used to separate adjacent data bands. Each data band utilizes one data track (62) as an address track upon which data identifying the particular data band is pre-written. One data band (60) is set aside as an index band into which indexing information, identifying what data is written in each band, may be written. A desired data record or file can be quickly accessed by first using the index band to identify the address of the band where the desired data is located, and then by directly and rapidly accessing the identified band.