Patent ID: 7426167
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information recording method for recording information on an information storage medium, the medium including, a layer the data lead-in area includes an inner guard track zone (Guard), a drive test zone (TZ) located outside the inner guard track zone, a recording management data (RMD) duplication zone (RDZ) located outside the drive test zone (TZ), a recording management zone (RMZ) in data lead-in area (L-RMZ) located outside the recording management data (RMD) duplication zone (RDZ), an R-physical format information zone (PFI) located outside the recording management zone (RMZ) in data lead-in area (L-RMZ), and a reference code zone (Ref) located outside the R-physical format information zone (PFI), and the middle area includes an outer guard track zone (Guard) and a drive test zone (TZ) located outside the outer guard track zone; and a layer the data lead-out area includes a drive test zone (TZ) and an inner guard track zone (Guard) located outside the drive test zone (TZ), and the middle area includes an outer guard track zone (Guard) and a drive test zone (TZ) located outside the outer guard track zone, the method comprising: recording data proceeding from the layer wherein the data recording on the layer the data recording on the layer