Media drive, processing method for recording data onto a medium, processing method for data read from a medium, and method for controlling a process for reading data from a medium

A media drive for replaying data recorded on a medium and performing, if the data cannot accurately be read from said medium, a recovery procedure that additionally performs a re-read process, the media drive comprising:

• a head configured to read recorded data from said medium;
• a recording condition data acquisition section configured to acquire recording condition data, which indicates conditions for a write onto said medium, from said read data;
• a user data acquisition section configured to acquire user data from said read data;
• and
• a recovery procedure controller configured to control a recovery procedure for said user data in accordance with said recording condition data.

A processing method for data read from a medium, comprising:

• reading data from said medium;
• acquiring recording condition data, which indicates conditions for a write onto said medium, from data read from said medium;
• acquiring user data from data from said read data;
• and
• controlling, in accordance with said recording condition data, a recovery procedure for said user data that is performed if said user data cannot accurately be read from said medium.