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Apparatus having defective sector compensation coupled with analog information mode and digital information mode recording/reproducing capability

  • US 5,130,969 A
  • Filed: 01/17/1990
  • Issued: 07/14/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A data recording apparatus for sequentially recording input consecutive data in a predetermined unit recording area of a record medium, comprising:

  • (a) detecting means for detecting a defective recording area in the record medium;

    (b) a memory for storing, in response to an output of the detecting means, input data assigned to a defective recording area, wherein data stored in the memory is recorded in an alternate recording area of the record medium at the completion of the recording of the input data; and

    (c) storage capacity watching means for watching the data amount stored in the memory, wherein when the data amount reaches a predetermined value, data stored in the memory is recorded in a first particular recording area of the record medium.

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