Patent ID: 7082089

Claim:
A data recording apparatus comprising: data recording means for recording data on a packet basis onto a track of an optical recording medium; data pseudo-erasing means for erasing contents information of the track containing the data, thereby pseudo-erasing the data, said contents information including data recorded in a read-in area and a read-out area; packet position recording means for recording information indicating an end position of the packet containing the data between one of bytes 13 – 23 , bytes, 29 – 39 , bytes 45 – 55 , and bytes 61 – 71 of a track descriptor block in a pre-gap arranged on the track, wherein the data recording means records new data onto the track for which the data has been pseudo-erased, in accordance with the information indicating the end position of the packet, and the data erase means erases the data pseudo-erased before the new data is recorded by the data recording means; and data discriminating means for discriminating whether new data up to the end position of the packet is to be updated in accordance with the information indicating the end position of the packet, wherein when the data discriminating means discriminates that the new data up to the end position of the packet is to be updated, the data recording means records the new data onto the track where the data has been pseudo-erased, and when the data discriminating means discriminates that the new data up to the end position of the packet is not to be updated, the data recording means records the new data onto the track where the data has been pseudo-erased and the data erase means erases the remaining of the data which has been pseudo-erased.