Recording method, managing method, and recording apparatus

This invention relates to a recording method, a managing method, and a recording apparatus capable of high-speed data recording by only recording data in a recording medium during data recording and updating file management data collectively after the end of data recording in the recording apparatus to record data to be inputted continuously in the non-volatile memory that is managed according to file management data and is discretely recordable in the plural blocks. A recording method and apparatus for recording data that is continuously input in a nonvolatile memory records the data discretely in a plurality of blocks under control of file management data, is capable of high speed data recording by only recording data in a recording medium during data recording and updating of file management data at a time after completion of data recording.