Claims
- 1. An apparatus for recording and reproducing digital information using a disk recording medium in which a data recording area is divided into plural zones in the radial direction, and defect information is managed for each of the plural zones, the apparatus comprising:means for formatting the disk recording medium; means for detecting medium information such as a manufacturer of the disk recording medium; and means for controlling the order of format by informing the formatting means of a zone to be formatted next in the preregistered order corresponding to the medium information detected by the detecting means.
- 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the disk recording medium is a land and groove recording type in which data are recorded in both lands and grooves, defect information of each zone is managed for lands and grooves separately, and the order of format is determined for the lands and the grooves of each zone.
Priority Claims (2)
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2000-123584 |
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2000-242216 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/703,848, filed Nov. 1, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,587,418.
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