Patent ID: 7463564
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A write-once storage medium usable with respect to a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the storage medium comprising: a data area in which user data is recorded; and at least one of a lead-in area and/or a lead-out area adjacent the data area and which comprises a temporary defect management area which comprises temporary defect information and temporary defect management information regarding the user data recorded in the data area and which is accessible by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to perform defect management on the storage medium, wherein the temporary defect information includes a position of a defective area of the data area and a position of a replacement area of the defective area, and the temporary defect management information includes information on a position of the temporary defect information, and the at least one of the lead-in area and/or the lead-out area further comprises a defect management area, and a last temporary defect information and a last temporary defect management information, which are last recorded in the temporary defect management area, are recorded as defect information and defect management information in the defect management area.