Optical disk recording apparatus and method thereof

An optical disk recording method in an optical disk recording apparatus having a storing unit storing recording patterns corresponding to optical disk types and recording patterns corresponding to optical disk manufacturers, the optical disk recording method comprising:

• a) reading basic information recorded on a provided optical disk;
• b) extracting information about a type and a manufacturer of the provided optical disk from the basic information;
• and
• c) recording data on the provided optical disk according to a recording pattern corresponding to the manufacturer of the provided optical disk when a recording pattern corresponding to the type of the provided optical disk is not stored in the storing unit.

An optical disk recording method, comprising:

• reading basic information recorded on a provided optical disk;
• extracting information about a manufacturer of the provided optical disk from the basic information;
• and
• recording data on the provided optical disk based on a previously stored recording pattern corresponding to the manufacturer of the provided optical disk if available.

An optical disk recording method comprising:

• reading a provided optical disk to determine whether a recording pattern corresponding to a write strategy of the provided optical disk, is accessible;
• determining an optimal recording pattern of the provided optical disk when the recording pattern corresponding to the write strategy of the provided optical disk, is not accessible;
• and
• recording data on the provided optical disk based on the determined optimal recording pattern.

An optical disk recording apparatus comprising:

• means for reading a provided optical disk to determine whether a recording pattern corresponding to a write strategy of the provided optical disk, is accessible;
• means for determining an optimal recording pattern of the provided optical disk when the recording pattern corresponding to the write strategy of the provided optical disk, is not accessible;
• and
• means for recording data on the provided optical disk based on the determined optimal recording pattern.