Method and apparatus of determining writing power for a recording medium

Embodiments of a method and apparatus of determining writing power for an optical disk are disclosed where a relationship (e.g., linear coefficient) for finding optimal writing power according to recording position can be detected at a recording speed and an optimal power calibration operation can be performed at each of other recording speeds. When data is recorded at an area with a certain recording speed, the optimal writing power at the area for the recording speed can be calculated using the linear coefficient of writing power for a first speed and the calculated optimal writing power is used.