Recording medium and methods of and device for recording information on the recording medium

A method for formatting a recording medium comprising a single recordable area, the recording medium comprising a physical volume of addressable blocks, the method comprising acts of:

• defining within the physical volume one physically contiguous logical volume and a spare area adjacent to said physically contiguous logical volume, said spare area being located at the beginning of the physical volume,
• formatting said physically contiguous logical volume to store computer data and audio and audio/video data, and
• formatting said spare area to replace a defective area of the physically contiguous volume data unrelated to the audio and audio/video data, wherein an administrative area and the physically contiguous volume fill the single recordable area.

A method for formatting a recording medium comprising a single recordable area, the recording medium comprising a physical volume of addressable blocks, the method comprising acts of:

• defining within the physical volume one physically contiguous logical volume and a spare area adjacent to said physically contiguous logical volume, said spare area being located at the end of the physical volume,
• formatting said physically contiguous logical volume to store computer data and audio and audio/video data, and
• formatting said spare area to replace a defective area of the physically contiguous volume data unrelated to the audio and audio/video data, wherein an administrative area and the physically contiguous volume fill the single recordable area.

A method for formatting a recording medium comprising a single recordable area, the recording medium comprising a physical volume of addressable blocks, the method comprising acts of:

• defining within the physical volume one physically contiguous logical volume, a first spare area located at the beginning of the physical volume and adjacent to the physically contiguous logical volume, and a second spare area located at the end of the physical volume and adjacent to the physically contiguous logical volume,
• formatting the physically contiguous logical volume to store computer data and audio and audio/video data, and
• formatting the first spare area to replace a defective area of the physically contiguous volume unrelated to the audio and audio/video data, wherein an administrative area and the physically contiguous volume fill the single recordable area.