Recording and reproduction apparatus, reproduction apparatus, recording and reproduction method, and reproduction method

A reproduction apparatus for reading out information recorded on a disk-type recording medium, comprising:

• rotational driving means for rotationally driving the disk-type recording medium at a first rotational speed;
• reproduction head means for reading out the information recorded on the disk-type recording medium rotationally driven by said rotational driving means;
• feeding means for feeding said reproduction head means in order to read out the information recorded at a designated position of the disk-type recording medium;
• error detection means for detecting an error state of the information read out from the disk-type recording medium by said reproduction head means;
• feeding control means for controlling said feeding means so that, when an error is detected by said error detection means, said reproduction head means may be fed to a reproduction position preceding to a reproduction position of the disk-type recording medium at which the error is detected;
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• rotational driving control means for controlling said rotational driving means so that, after said reproduction head means is fed to the preceding reproduction position under the control of said feeding control means, the disk-type recording medium rotationally driven by said rotational driving means may be rotated at a second rotational speed lower than the first rotational speed.

A recording and reproduction method for reading out information recorded on a disk-type first recording medium and recording the read out information onto a second recording medium, comprising:

• a rotational driving step of rotationally driving the first recording medium at a rotational speed;
• a feeding step of feeding reproduction head means in order to read out the information recorded at a designated position of the first recording medium;
• an error detection step of detecting an error state of the information read out from the first recording medium;
• a feeding control step of controlling the feeding of said reproduction head means so that, when an error is detected, said reproduction head means may be fed to a reproduction position preceding to a reproduction position of the first recording medium at which the error is detected;
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• a rotational driving control step of controlling the rotational driving of the first recording medium so that, after said reproduction head means is fed to the preceding reproduction position, the first recording medium rotationally driven may be rotated at another rotational speed lower than the rotational speed.

A reproduction method for reading out information recorded on a disk-type recording medium, comprising:

• a rotational driving step of rotationally driving the disk-type recording medium at a rotational speed;
• a feeding step of feeding reproduction head means in order to read out the information recorded at a designated position of the disk-type recording medium;
• an error detection step of detecting an error state of the information read out from the disk-type recording medium;
• a feeding control step of controlling the feeding of said reproduction head means so that, when an error is detected, said reproduction head means may be fed to a reproduction position preceding to a reproduction position of the disk-type recording medium at which the error is detected;
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• a rotational driving control step of controlling the rotational driving of the disk-type recording medium so that, after said reproduction head means is fed to the preceding reproduction position, the disk-type recording medium rotationally driven may be rotated at another rotational speed lower than the rotational speed.