Patent ID: 6519215
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for searching a first available good spare block from an optical recording medium with a defect list, said method comprising:(a) determining if there is at least one entry to said defect list; (b) determining if said at least one entry is with a replacement block assignment or without a replacement bock assignment if it is determined in said (a) that there is at least one entry to said defect list, said replacement block assignment indicating assignment of a replacement block for a defective block; (c) determining, if it is determined in said (b) that there is no replacement block assignment in any of said at least one entry, that a first good block of a spare area is a first available spare bock; and (d) determining, if it is determined in said (b) that there is at least one entry with a replacement block assignment, a first available spare block by considering said replacement block assignment.