Patent ID: 7577065

Claim:
An information recording apparatus comprising: a recording device for recording information onto an information recording medium; a detrack detecting device for detecting occurrence of detrack during the recording of the information; a controlling device for controlling said recording device to return to a location where the detrack has occurred and restart the recording if the occurrence of the detrack is detected; a first judging device for judging whether or not the information is already recorded in an area of a detrack destination into which said recording device incorrectly records, in the case in which the occurrence of the detrack is detected by said detrack detecting device; a second judging device for judging whether or not the information already recorded in the area of the detrack destination can be reproduced, in the case in which it is judged by said first judging device that the information is already recorded; and a third judging device for judging whether or not error correction can be performed with respect to the area of the detrack destination, in the case in which it is judged by said first judging device that the information is unrecorded.