FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: data recorded onto a recording medium includes an address module containing a plurality of address fields. Each address field indicates the address of the corresponding sector included in the cluster and the address module contains control information. The control information includes state information which indicates the state of sectors included in the cluster. If the cluster is a substitute for the previous initial cluster, the control information includes location information which indicates the location of the previous initial cluster.
EFFECT: high reliability of recording data.
26 cl, 5 dwg
