Patent ID: 7602689

Claim:
A method for recording data in a recording medium, comprising: allocating, by an apparatus, a plurality of record areas to a user data area contained in the recording medium; recording, by the apparatus, file system information in a first record area from among the plurality of record areas such that the first record area is used area; recording, by the apparatus, user data in a second record area from among the plurality of record areas; recording, by the apparatus, file entry (FE) information capable of managing the user data recorded in the second record area in a third record area from among the plurality of record areas such that the third record area is a used area when the file entry (FE) information substantially fills the third record area; allocating, by the apparatus, a fourth record area and a fifth record area to the second record area; recording, by the apparatus, user data in the fourth record area; and recording, by the apparatus, file entry information for the user data recorded in the fourth record area in the fifth record area.