Patent ID: 7813243
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a recording medium, the recording medium including a non-data area having a final defect management area and a data area having a user data area and a spare area, the method comprising steps of: recording, onto a temporary defect management area allocated to at least one of the non-data area and the spare area, a defect list for managing a defective area existing on the data area; recording, onto the temporary defect management area, position information having a plurality of defect list pointers, wherein one or more defect list pointers among the plurality of defect list pointers respectively indicate where one or more recording-units containing the defect list in the temporary defect management area exist in the recording medium; and recording, onto the final defect management area, a latest defect list recorded in the temporary defect management area when no further recording is made on the recording medium.