Write-once disc, recording apparatus thereto, and method of reducing access time thereto

A method for recording data on a write-once disc with at least one record layer, the write-once disc comprising at least one temporary defect management area in which a temporary defect information and a temporary defect management information comprising a pointer indicating an area in which the temporary defect information is recorded, and a recording condition area in which recording condition test data is recorded, the method comprising:

• recording location information regarding an area in which an updated predetermined information is recorded, in an access information area,
• wherein the location information comprises an address of the area in which the temporary defect information is recorded and an address of the area in which the recording condition test data will be recorded next.