Storage device, program for controlling storage device, method for controlling storage device and recording medium

A method for recording data, the data being divided into multiple blocks and recorded on a recording medium, the method comprising:

• detecting a write error on the recording medium and acquiring error information about the write error;
• defining a block gap on the recording medium, the block gap having a length determined by the error information about the write error;
• determining a recording position on the recording medium for a subsequent write that is the block gap away from a last error free write operation;
• and
• writing a subsequent block of data to the recording position on the recording medium, wherein the length of the block gap provides both a no-write zone for subsequent writes as well as a description of the write error.

A computer readable medium encoded with a data structure, the data structure comprising:

• program code for detecting a write error on the recording medium and acquiring error information about the write error;
• program code for defining a block gap on the recording medium, the block gap having a length determined by the error information about the write error;
• program code for determining a recording position on the recording medium for a subsequent write that is the block gap away from a last error free write operation;
• and
• program code for writing a subsequent block of data to the recording position on the recording medium, wherein the length of the block gap provides both a no-write zone for subsequent writes as well as a description of the write error.