Patent ID: 6388959
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording and reproduction apparatus which includes a reproduction section for reading out information recorded on a disk-type first recording medium, and a recording section for recording the information read out by said reproduction section onto a second recording medium, comprising:rotational driving means for rotationally driving the first recording medium at a first rotational speed; reproduction head means for reading out the information recorded on the first recording medium rotationally driven by said rotational driving means; feeding means for feeding said reproduction head means in order to read out the information recorded at a designated position of the first recording medium; error detection means for detecting an error state of the information read out from the first recording medium by said reproduction head means; feeding control means for controlling said feeding means so that, when an error is detected by said error detection means, said reproduction head means may be fed to a reproduction position preceding to a reproduction position of the first recording medium at which the error is detected; and rotational driving control means for controlling said rotational driving means so that, after said reproduction head means is fed to the preceding reproduction position under the control of said feeding control means, the first recording medium rotationally driven by said rotational driving means may be rotated at a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed.