Patent ID: 8255438

Claim:
A storage control device comprising: a control unit that stores a data file that includes main data and file information in a write-once type storage medium having a data storing area containing a plurality of clusters having a predetermined size; an acquisition unit that acquires a FAT file system from the storage medium; a decision making unit that decides whether or not a subdirectory is prepared below a root directory based upon the FAT file system; a calculation unit that calculates a number of clusters required for storing file information corresponding to each data file in the data storing area, by using the number of data files to be stored in the storage medium, a size of file information, and size information of the clusters based upon the FAT file system, when the decision making unit decides the subdirectory is not prepared below the root directory; and a setting unit that sets the data storing area corresponding to the number of clusters calculated by the calculation unit as a storage area for file information.