Patent ID: 7853117

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for recording data to a recording medium of a first type and a recording medium of a second type, comprising: first recording control means for generating recording medium identification information that identifies a first recording medium of the first type, for relating the recording medium identification information and recording data to be recorded to the first recording medium of the first type, and for recording the recording data and the recording medium identification information to a recording medium of said second type; and second recording control means for controlling recording of said recording data to said first-type recording medium, wherein, if a trouble occurs on said first recording medium, said second recording control means identifies said recording data related with said recording medium identification information of said first recording medium, reads said recording data from said recording medium of said second-type, and records said recording data to a second recording medium of said first type, and wherein, while the recording data is recorded to the second recording medium of the first type, new recording data is recorded to the recording medium of the second type, and wherein the new recording data is a remaining subsequent portion to the recording data read from the recording medium of the second type and recorded to the second recording medium of the first type.