Patent ID: 8526278
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording method for recording, on an optical disc, start-up information for booting a computer which (i) is recorded in a recording medium and (ii) is made up of a plurality of elements which are to be read out by use of the computer from the recording medium in a predetermined order during a booting process for starting up an operating system of the computer, the recording being carried out by reading out the start-up information from the recording medium, the recording method comprising the steps of: (a) specifying the predetermined order by detecting an order in which the plurality of elements are read out during the booting process by use of the computer to cause the operating system to be started up; (b) recording, respectively in contiguous areas on the optical disc, the plurality of elements in the predetermined order specified in said step (a); and (c) recording, on the optical disc, a table correlating, for each of the plurality of elements, (i) first area specifying information specifying an address area on the recording medium, in which address area the element is recorded and (ii) a second area specifying information specifying an address area on the optical disc, in which address area of each of the plurality of elements is recorded in the step (b), each of the plurality of elements being an element recorded in a predetermined address area for recording the element on the recording medium.