Patent ID: 7701823

Claim:
A method of recording management information on a recording medium, the recording medium including a temporary defect management area (TDMA) and a final defect management area (DMA), the DMA including a defect list area, the method comprising: recording, in the TDMA, defect list information produced while the recording medium is in use; and recording, in the defect list area of the DMA, the latest defect list information included in the TDMA when the recording medium is to be finalized, wherein the defect list area of the DMA is divided into a plurality of recording portions, each recording portion includes a plurality of recording units, and the latest defect list information is recorded on the at least one recording portion of the plurality of recording portions of the defect list area, and wherein if the recording medium includes one recording layer, the number of recording portions is seven and each recording portion includes four recording units, and said recording step records the latest defect list information up to seven times on each recording portion when the recording medium is to be finalized.