Patent ID: 7423946

Claim:
A disc for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, the disc comprising: a defect management area formed in a lead-in area, a lead-out area, an outer area, or combinations thereof of the disc, and which includes defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus; a data area in which data is recorded; a temporary defect information area that includes temporary defect information regarding the recorded data in the data area; and a temporary defect management information area that is in the lead-in area, the lead-out area, the outer area, or combinations thereof, and which includes temporary defect management information used by the recording and/or reproducing apparatus to access the temporary defect information, wherein the temporary defect management information comprises position information comprising a position of the temporary defect information, and the defect management information of the defect management area includes a last recorded temporary defect information that was last recorded in the temporary defect information area and a last recorded temporary defect management information that was last recorded in the temporary defect management information area.