Claims
- 1. A rewritable recording medium, comprising:
a synchronizing signal portion recorded with synchronizing signal information; and a data portion recorded with data information after the synchronizing signal portion; wherein each time the synchronizing signal information is rerecorded, a length of the synchronizing signal portion changes and a start position of the synchronizing signal portion changes.
- 2. A rewriteable recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the rewritable recording medium exhibits a first state with an energy beam at a first power level and a second state with an energy beam at a second power level higher than the first power level.
Priority Claims (2)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/189,428, filed Jul. 8, 2002, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/949,640, filed Sep. 12, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,430,134, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/712,969, filed Nov. 16, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,307,825, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/535,016, filed Mar. 24, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,181,661, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/350,282, filed Jul. 9, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,104,692, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/863,126, filed May 27, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,953,299, the subject matter of which is incorporated by reference herein.
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