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AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsToyoji GUSHIMA, Motoshi Ito
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In a method for recording information on an information recording medium having a data recording area for storing user data and a test area used for test recording by a recording apparatus, it is detected whether the test area is unusable when executing the test recording. The test recording is executed in the test area when the test area is detected not to be unusable, or executed in the data recording area when detected to be unusable. Management information relating to the test recording executed in the data recording area is recorded in a predetermined area. Hence, it is possible to eliminate a limit of number of times of test recording which depends on the size of the test recording area.
A method for recording information on an information recording medium, the information recording medium comprising a first recording layer and a second recording layer, the first recording layer including a first data recording area used for recording user data and a first control information recording area used for recording control information other than the user data, the first control information recording area being an area other than the first data recording area, the second recording layer including a second control information recording area used for recording control information other than user data, the method comprising:
An information recording medium comprising:
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