Patent ID: 7430157
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: recording means for recording data on a recording medium that is loaded and that has a rewritable physical structure; determining means for determining whether the loaded recording medium is used in rewritable application in which the data is capable of being rewritten or in write-once application in which the data is capable of being written only once; and controlling means for setting a position where writing of a predetermined data unit in the data is started to a first position with respect to a reference position to cause the recording means to record the data, when the determining means determines that the recording medium is used in the rewritable application, and for setting the position where writing of the predetermined data unit in the data is started to a second position with respect to the reference position to cause the recording means to record the data, when the determining means determines that the recording medium is used in the write-once application.