Patent ID: 7617426

Claim:
A method of verifying whether a recording and/or reproducing apparatus that records/reproduces a disc properly performs reading and modification operations, the method comprising: loading a prepared test disc in the recording/reproducing apparatus to be tested, the test disc including a predetermined temporary disc management area (TDMA) structure for use in managing defects prior to finalization of the test disc; issuing read commands to the recording/reproducing apparatus to be tested on which the test disc is loaded to read the test disc and verifying the TDMA structure read from the test disc in order to verify a read operation of the apparatus; and issuing write commands to the recording/reproducing apparatus to be tested on which the test disc is loaded such that the recording/reproducing apparatus records data on the test disc having the TDMA structure, and checking whether the TDMA structure is properly updated on the test disc in order to verify a modification operation of the apparatus; wherein the checking of whether the TDMA structure is properly updated on the test disc in order to verify the modification operation of the apparatus further comprises verifying a TDMA access file indicator of the test disc.