METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DEFECTS IN RECORDING MEDIA, A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING COMPUTER READABLE CODE FOR THE SAME, AND A DEFECT MANAGED RECORDING MEDIUM OBTAINED USING THE SAME METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

A METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING RECORDING MEDIUM DEFECTS AND A DEFECT MANAGED RECORDING MEDIUM. THE RECORDING MEDIUM (100) INCLUDES A SPARE AREA IN WHICH A REPLACEMENT AREA, WHICH IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A DEFECTIVE AREA OF THE RECORDING MEDIUM, IS FORMED, AND A TEMPORARY DEFECT MANAGEMENT AREA (TDMA)IN WHICH TEMPORARY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION THAT SPECIFIES THE DEFECTIVE AREA AND THE CORRESPONDING REPLACEMENT AREA IS RECORDED, WHEREIN POSITION INFORMATION AND STATE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DEFECTIVE AREA ARE RECORDED IN THE REPLACEMENT AREA. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS POSSIBLE TO RESTORE DEFECT INFORMATION EVEN IF RECORDING MEDIUM DEFECT MANAGEMENT ON THE RECORDING MEDIUM ENDED ABNORMALLY.