Patent ID: 7577810

Claim:
A device for recording information in blocks having logical addresses on a record carrier, which device comprises recording means for recording marks in a track on the record carrier representing the information, control means for controlling the recording by locating each block at a physical address in the track, physical addresses in first parts of the track being assigned to at least one user data area and physical addresses in second parts of the track being assigned to defect management areas, the control means comprising addressing means for translating the logical addresses into the physical addresses and vice versa in dependence of defect management information, defect management means for detecting defects and maintaining the defect management information in the defect management areas, the defect management information at least including remapping information indicative for translating a logical address initially mapped to a physical address exhibiting a defect to an alternate physical address in a defect management area, and contiguous recording means for recording a series of blocks having a continuous logical address range in a corresponding allocated physical address range, for detecting if the allocated physical address range is interrupted by a subset of physical addresses previously assigned to a defect management area, for reallocating the subset of physical addresses previously assigned to the defect management area, to the user data area, and for contiguously recording the series of blocks extending over the subset of physical addresses previously assigned to the defect management area.