Patent ID: 8125871

Claim:
A recording apparatus that records data to an optical disc that includes a data recording area where the data is recorded at a predetermined recording density and a low recording-density area that has a recording density lower than that of the data recording area, wherein recording condition information is pre-recorded in the low recording-density area and the recording condition information is copied and recorded to a predetermined write area predefined in the data recording area in a predetermined closing process, the recording apparatus comprising: a determination section that determines, based on a readout process performed on the optical disc when the optical disc is inserted, i) whether or not the recording condition information has been copied and recorded in the write area in the data recording area, and (ii) only when the determination section determines that the recording condition information has not been copied or recorded in the write area in the data recording area, whether or not the recording condition information has been copied and recorded in a copy area in the data recording area; a reading section that reads the recording condition information from the low recording-density area when the determination section determines the recording condition information has not been copied or recorded in the data recording area; and a recording section that copies and records the recording condition information read from the low recording-density area to the copy area in the data recording area while the optical disc is inserted, when the determination section determines the recording condition information has not been copied or recorded in the data recording area.