Patent ID: 8559286

Claim:
A method of reproducing data recorded on a recording medium having a lead-in area, and a user data area, the method comprising: reading a temporary disc definition structure and a temporary defect list, from a temporary defect management area in the lead-in area, the lead-in area further comprising a defect management area; and reading user data from the user data area using the temporary defect list, wherein the temporary disc definition structure comprises information on a size of a spare area in which a replacement block replacing a defective block occurring in the user data area is recorded, wherein the size of the spare area is determined according to a defect management mode which is selected between a defect management on mode in which defect management is performed and a defect management off mode in which defect management is not performed during initialization of the recording medium, wherein, in response to the defect management off mode being selected, defect management is not performed, wherein the temporary disc definition structure includes information on a recording location of the temporary defect list, wherein the temporary disc definition structure and the temporary defect list are recorded in the defect management area when the recording medium is finalized, wherein the temporary defect list comprises defect list entry comprising replacement information and consecutive defect information for the defective block in which the defect is detected, and wherein, when the temporary defect management area is finalized, remaining area of the temporary defect management area is recorded by predetermined data.