RECORDING /REPRODUCING DIGITAL DATA

In conventional recording processes, the digital data are recorded continuously from the beginning to the end of the track of the recording medium at a net data rate which is fixed in each case for the entire recording. The aim of the invention is to record and/or scan data on a recording medium with optional reading and writing access. Continuous recording of digital data is replaced by burstwise recording. As a result of the burstwise recording of the data, each burst forms a cluster on the record carrier. The data are preferably recorded in CD standard recording format at a data rate of 1.411 Mbits per second. Recording and reproducing of data on a re-recordable contactlessly scannable record carrier, for example a magneto-optical disk (MOD).