Abstract: A light spot determining a first condition that an optical recording medium is cooled after being heated to a temperature exceeding a first temperature and a light spot determining a second condition that the optical recording medium is cooled after being heated to a temperature exceeding a second temperature higher than the room temperature and not exceeding the first temperature higher than the second temperature, namely, the two light spots are radiated onto the optical recording medium and in the same guide track thereof wherein signals are recorded and erased on the optical recording medium by controlling the spot diameter of each light spot and/or the light intensity thereof.