Patent ID: 7016279
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording or reproducing method for a record medium, comprising the steps of: reading address information from a record medium, the record medium having at least a first area and a second area, data being recordable to the first area, the second area being followed by the first area, the address information representing the position of the second area; detecting an error corresponding to error detection code encoded for the address information that has been read from the record medium; and when the result of the detecting step represents that an error has been detected in the address information that has been read from the record medium, notifying at least a user that the error has been detected; and when the result of the detecting step represents that an error has been detected in the address information that has been read from the record medium, permitting data recorded in the first area of the record medium to be reproduced.