Device for and method of recording information and reproducing the same with delay time

An information recording and reproducing device for recording and reproducing information on and from a plurality of rewritable disk-type recording media (201, 301) includes: a plurality of recording/reproducing device (2, 3) for receiving and recording input information onto each of the recording medium and for reproducing and outputting the recorded information from each of the recording media with a predetermined delay time (Ts), each of the recording/reproducing device having a plurality of heads (A, B) for recording and reproducing information, switching device (4) for alternately selecting one of the reproduced information outputted from the plurality of recording/reproducing device, and control device (7, 206, 306) for controlling the plurality of recording/reproducing device and the switching device. The control device permits the plurality of recording/reproducing device to continuously record the input information onto the plurality of disk-type recording media, and permits the switching device to alternately selecting one of the reproduced information so as to continuously output information reproduced by the plurality of recording/reproducing device.