Patent ID: 7363530

Claim:
A data recording method for recording stream data and management data used for management of said stream data into a recording medium which does not allow a rerecording operation, said recording medium having at least a first predefined area, a second predefined area, and a third predefined area arranged beginning from an inner circumference thereof, the method comprising: a first step of recording first stream data onto said third predefined area, and recording first intermediate management data for management of said first stream data onto said second predefined area, wherein said first intermediate management data manages said first data stream prior to a finalization operation; subsequent to said first step, a second step of recording second stream data onto said third predefined area, and recording second intermediate management data for management of said first stream data and said second stream data onto said second predefined area, wherein said second intermediate management data manages said first stream data and said second stream data prior to said finalization operation; and a third step of reading said first intermediate management data when a fault occurs in said second intermediate management data.