Patent ID: 7787338

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording and/or reproducing unit configured to record data on and/or read data from a write once disc, the disc comprising: a data area, comprising: a first spare area arranged on a front part of the data area; a user data area in which a user data is recorded; and a second spare area arranged on a rear part of the data area; and a lead-in area, comprising a temporary disc management area, the temporary disc management area comprising: a temporary disc defect structure; and a temporary defect list; and a controller configured to: control the recording and/or reproducing unit to record the temporary disc defect structure and the temporary defect list in the temporary disc management area, the temporary disc defect structure comprising: information on a size of the first spare area, information on a size of the second spare area; location information of the temporary defect list; the temporary defect list comprising: location information of a defective block detected in the user data area; and location information of a replacement block replacing the defective block; and record the temporary disc defect structure and the temporary defect list recorded in the temporary disc management area in a disc management area arranged in the lead-in area, during finalization of the write-once disc.