Patent ID: 7821894
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of recording information onto and reproducing information from a rewriteable recording medium having a plurality of recording areas, the method comprising the steps of: registering, when a defective area is found in one or more of the recording areas onto which the information is recorded or from which the information is reproduced while performing recording or reproduction, the defective area as being in a recorded state in a table for managing whether each of the recording areas on the rewriteable recording medium is in the recorded state; and registering, when initializing the table for managing whether each of the recording areas on the rewriteable recording medium is in the recorded state, the registered defective area as being in the recorded state in the table, for managing whether each of the recording areas is in the recorded state, in accordance with defective-area information recorded in the rewriteable recording medium.