Patent ID: 7969843

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a recording and/or reproducing unit configured to record data on and/or read data from a write once disc, the disc comprising: a data area, comprising: a first spare area arranged on a front part of the data area; a user data area in which a user data is recorded; and a second spare area arranged on a rear part of the data area; and a lead-in area, comprising a temporary disc management area, the temporary disc management area comprising: a temporary disc defect structure; and a space bitmap; and a controller configured to: control the recording and/or reproducing unit to record the temporary disc defect structure and the space bitmap in the temporary disc management area, the temporary disc defect structure comprising: information on a size of the first spare area; and information on a size of the second spare area; and location information of the space bitmap, the space bitmap comprising information which distinguishes a cluster in which data is recorded, from a cluster in which data is not recorded, in a unit of cluster in the data area, and record the temporary disc defect structure and the space bitmap recorded in the temporary disc management area, in a disc management area arranged in the lead-in area, during finalization of the write-once disc.