A disc-shaped recording medium (1) capable of being rewritten comprises: a lead-in area (2) which is provided in the inner rim of the disc-shaped recording medium (1) and in which information concerning the disc-shaped recording medium (1) is prerecorded; a data area (4, 5) which is provided in the outer periphery of lead-in area (2) and which is capable of recording data; and a lead-out area (3) which is provided in the outer periphery of the data area (4, 5) and which indicates the end of the data area (4, 5), the lead-out area (3) being a recordable area the same as data area.
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