Patent ID: 7333407
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a defective area on a recording medium, the recording medium including a defect management area including a defect management information, which indicates a position of a defective area, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a command for data writing with data to be written, the command including an LBA (Logical Block Address) for designating a position for the data to be written, a transfer length for indicating an amount of the data to be written, and a write type information to identify whether or not the data is real time data; (b) controlling a write operation based on the command such that a defective block is skipped and a data is recorded in a next normal block, when the write type information identifies real time data; and (c) recording a defect management information in the defect management area to indicate that the data corresponding to the skipped defective block is recorded in the next normal block.