Automatic Backup System

Reading system for reading stored files on a removable, optical record carrier (11), the record carrier having a track pattern (9) constituting an annular shaped recording area, the recording area corresponding to a logical data space accessible according to a predefined recording format,

• the reading system having
• reading means (22,30) for reading data blocks at physical locations in the track, and
• a control unit (20,31) for controlling the reading means for reading the files in respective data blocks, the control unit comprising
• a backup unit (32) for selectively reading backup blocks in the logical data space from at least one backup file of an original file,
• the backup blocks being physically positioned remote from corresponding original blocks of the original file in the logical data space,
• the backup blocks and the original blocks forming a spatially distributed pattern for avoiding that local disturbances of the recording area affect corresponding blocks of the original blocks and backup blocks.

Method for storing files on a removable, optical record carrier, the record carrier having a track pattern constituting an annular shaped recording area, the recording area corresponding to a logical data space accessible according to a predefined recording format,

• the method comprising the steps of
• controlling recording means for storing the files in respective data blocks at physical locations in the track, the recording area corresponding to a logical data space accessible according to a predefined recording format,
• storing at least one backup file of an original file, and
• assigning, to the backup file, backup blocks in the logical data space,
• the backup blocks being physically positioned remote from corresponding original blocks of the original file in the logical data space,
• the backup blocks and the original blocks forming a spatially distributed pattern for avoiding that local disturbances of the recording area affect corresponding blocks of the original blocks and backup blocks.