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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2011
Naru Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Naru Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A recording apparatus is disclosed that records information data and file system information for managing a file containing the information data in accordance with a predetermined file system to a recording medium having a plurality of blocks including an alternative block for a defect block, wherein a first threshold and a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold are set, and recording of the information data to the recording medium is inhibited if an alternative block remaining amount in the recording medium is less than or equal to the first threshold, and an update of the file system information recorded in the recording medium is inhibited if the alternative block remaining amount is less than or equal to the second threshold.