Patent ID: 8913159

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a mounting portion configured to mount a recording medium; a memory configured to store number information corresponding to a number assigned to previously stored file name; a determination unit configured to execute a first determination method for determining number to be assigned to a file name by comparing the number information stored in the memory with a number of a file stored in the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion; a recording control unit configured to record, on the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, a file using the number determined by the determination unit; and a notifying unit configured to provide a predetermined notification in a case where the rewritable recording medium being mounted on the mounting portion is replaced with another unrewritable recording medium in a state where the determination unit executes the first determination method; wherein the determination unit is further capable of executing a second determination method for determining the number to be assigned to the file name by referring to the number of the file stored in the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion without using the number information stored in the memory, and wherein the notifying unit does not provide the predetermined notification in a case where the rewritable recording medium being mounted on the mounting portion is replaced with another unrewritable recording medium in a state where the determination unit executes the second determination method.