Patent ID: 7057984

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: recording means for recording data from a position continuously succeeding a recorded area on an optical disk; first setting means for setting a pause state in response to an instruction for stopping the recording by said recording means; storing means for storing stop position information of said optical disk when the pause state is set by said first setting means; reading means for reading said stop position information stored by said storing means when an instruction for starting recording by said recording means is given in the pause state; reproducing means for reproducing said data recorded by said recording means; determining means for determining whether reproduction has been started after cancellation of a pause state when an instruction for stopping the reproduction by said reproducing means is given; and second setting means for setting a pause state when said determining means determines that the reproduction has been started after the cancellation of the pause state, wherein said recording means starts recording at a position on said optical disk which position corresponds to said stop position information read by said reading means.