Patent ID: 6115346
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of formatting a rewritable optical disk, the method comprising the following steps:(a) writing, over less than the entire disk, a lead-in area, a program area, and a first lead-out area;(b) writing, as an off-line process, new frames beyond the first lead-out area such that these frames are packet aligned with the program area written in step (a);(c) writing, as an off-line process, a new lead-out area;(d) writing, as an off-line process, from the program area, over the first lead-out area, to the new frames such that the program area in step (a) and the new frames in step (b) form one new contiguous program area; and(e) writing, as an off-line process, a new lead-in area.