Method for recording on optical recording medium and apparatus using the same

A method for recording on an optical recording medium, the method comprising steps of:

• recording management information in a management area of the optical recording medium, the management information including
• record status information indicating a recorded/non-recorded status for a predetermined area of the optical recording medium, and
• update information indicating whether the record status information is to be continuously managed;
• reading the recorded management information;
• and
• determining, based on the update information, whether to update the record status information.

An apparatus for recording on and reproducing from an optical recording medium, comprising:

• a host for requesting recording data on a predetermined area of a data area of the recording medium;
• and
• a recording/reproducing device for processing management information of the recording medium, the management information including information indicating a recorded-non/recorded status of the predetermined area,
• wherein said recording/reproducing device determines a record status of the predetermined area based on the record status information and determines whether the record status information is to be updated, to perform a replacement-recording operation to record the data of the predetermined area elsewhere in the data area if it is determined that the predetermined area is a recorded area and that the record status information is to be updated.

An optical recording medium, comprising:

• at least one recording layer having a plurality of assigned areas for recording, the assigned areas including a management area,
• wherein management information is recorded in the management area, the management information including
• record status information indicating whether a recording operation has been performed for a predetermined area of the optical recording medium, and
• update information indicating whether the record status information is to be continuously managed.