To provide a recording medium having a storage means divided into a plurality of storage areas, and allowing a changeover of the storage area by a time interval wherein electricity carrying to the recording medium is cut off, so as to use the large-capacity recording medium in a conventional recording/reproducing device.
This readable/writable recording medium 100 connected to the external recording/reproducing device for use has: the storage means 160 having the plurality of storage areas; a controller 120 controlling the storage means 160 on the basis of an instruction of the recording/reproducing device; an active area designation register 140 designating an active area from the plurality of storage areas; and an active area changeover means 150 changing over the active area when a time wherein the electricity carrying to the recording medium is cut off is a preset threshold value or below. In the recording medium 100, the changeover of the storage area can be controlled.
UEDA YASUSHI
OKAZAKI MAKOTO
KONDO DAISUKE
AKIZUKI MAMIKO
Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
Hiroki Naito