Information storage medium having updatable control information and recording and/or reproducing method thereof

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus to record and/or reproduce data with respect to an information storage medium having disc information including existing control information and updated control information, the apparatus comprising:

• an optical pickup to transfer data with respect to the information storage medium;
• and
• a controller which controls the optical pickup to detect the existing and updated control information from a first area of the information storage medium, to determine which of the existing and updated control information corresponds to a drive control information usable by the apparatus, and to control the optical pickup to transfer the data with respect to a second area of the information storage medium other than the first area according to the determined one of the existing and updated control information,
• wherein each of the existing and updated control information includes version information, timing information, and recording speed information.