Method and apparatus for initializing rewritable recording media

Details Method and apparatus for initializing rewritable recording media Method and apparatus for initializing rewritable recording media

1998-10-27

2000-08-08

Cabeca, John W.

Dynamic information storage or retrieval

Specific detail of information handling portion of system

Radiation beam modification of or by storage medium

369 32, 369 4427, 714710, 714719, G11B 1722

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061011622

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for initializing a rewritable recording medium that can perform an initialization while recording a data. In the method, it is performed a determination as to whether or not an initialization for the loaded recording medium should be performed. Further, the initialization for each predetermined physical unit of the recording medium is performed in accordance with the determined result. According to the method, it becomes possible to assure the responsibility of a recorded data without requiring an additional time for the initialization operation like in the Prior art by recording and certifying a data for each predetermined physical unit when the drive determines whether or not a loaded recording medium has been initialized to record a user data onto the non-initialized area.

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