Method and system for reconditioning optical storage media to write updated information

A method for storing information on an optical storage medium, the method comprising:

• storing information on a predetermined area of the optical storage medium;
• generating updated information for storage on the predetermined area of the optical storage medium;
• writing random information to the predetermined area;
• and
• writing the updated information to the predetermined area.

An optical storage device for performing reconditioned writes to an optical medium of updated information generated by an information handling system host, the optical storage device comprising:

• a laser operable to illuminate the optical medium to write information as data points to the optical medium or read information from transitions between data points of the optical medium;
• a write module interfaced with the laser and operable to command the laser to illuminate for writing information to the optical medium;
• and
• a reconditioning module operable to recondition selected portions of the optical medium by writing random information to the selected portions.

The optical storage device of Claim further comprising:

• a read module interfaced with the laser and operable to command the laser to illuminate the optical medium to read information;
• a buffer interfaced with the read module and operable to store information read from the optical medium;
• and
• an update module interfaced with the read module, write module and reconditioning module, the update module operable to update information stored on the selected portion of the optical medium by reading the stored information to the buffer, writing random information to the selected information, updating the information stored in the buffer and writing the updated information to the selected portion of the optical medium.