Patent ID: 6538964
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method for recording information on a rewritable optical recording medium having a pre-recorded address guide, the method comprising the steps of:recording data on the rewritable optical recording medium on an individual block basis along the pre-recorded address guide, the block including a predetermined number of sectors each of which has a consecutively numbered sector address; recording a link part having a predetermined fixed length between adjacent blocks, said link part lacking an address so that the sector address shifts from an address indicated by the pre-recorded address guide by the length of said link part; and erasing data recorded on said rewritable optical recording medium before rewriting new data, the erasure being performed by recording erasing data having a predetermined erasing pattern, the erasing data including the sector address so that the sector address in the erasing pattern matches the address indicated by said pre-recorded address guide.