Patent ID: 7602685
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of recording data on an optical disc in an Incremental Recording mode in which data is partially recordable, the method comprising: determining whether the optical disc is formatted and recording data on the optical disc upon determining that the optical disc is not formatted; checking a state of the optical disc in a recording management area in which disc information is recorded, the checking including checking a recording management area to determine whether the disc is Fully Blanked or Minimally Blanked, the disc indicating to be Minimally Blanked when a value ‘04’ is designated at a field erasing, after the checking and after recording the data, data ranging from a next writable address to a predetermined block upon determining that the optical disc is the Minimally Blanked disc in which data is erased from the recording management area to a lead-in area; and recording a remainder of the data other than the recorded data, after the erasing.