Abstract: A method for determining an optimum laser power for a recording medium. The method includes checking if a portion of an unused area in a test area on the recording medium is defective, and performing an optimum laser power operation in a used area in the test area, in which the used area is a non-defective area that was used to test the optimum laser power for the recording medium.

Abstract: A method and device for determining the presence or absence of a disk and/or a disk size without using FG signals, are provided. The method includes placing a pickup at a first zone on the optical recording medium, the first zone located between an outer radius of a first recording medium type and an outer radius of a second recording medium type, where the outer radius of the second recording medium type is larger than the outer radius of the first recording medium type; detecting a reflected signal based on a returned beam from the first zone of the optical recording medium; and determining at least one of a size and an absence of the optical recording medium based on the detected reflected signal. Therefore, an FG sensor that is provided in a general disk device can be eliminated, thereby reducing the size and cost of a disk device.

Abstract: A method and device for stopping a rotating optical recording medium without the use of an FG sensor, are provided. The method includes determining position information on a current position of a pickup on a rotating optical recording medium when a recording medium rotation stop request is received; determining a break voltage applying time based on the determined position information; and applying a break voltage to a motor for a duration of the determined break voltage applying time to stop the rotating recording medium. Therefore, an FG sensor that is provided in general disk devices can be eliminated to reduce the size and cost of a disk device.