The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and method as well as a communication apparatus suitable for use where stored contents data of, for example, music tunes are supplied to a semiconductor memory or a portable device. At step S391, a C IN/C OUT discriminates whether or not moveout history information is present. If it is discriminated that moveout history information is present, then the processing advances to step S392 in order to compensate for the interrupted moveout process. At step S392, the C IN/C OUT executes a moveout restoration process. At step S393, the C IN/C OUT discriminates whether or not movein history information is present. If it is discriminated that movein history information is present, then the processing advances to step S394 in order to compensate for the interrupted movein process. At step S394, the C IN/C OUT executes a movein restoration process. The present invention can be applied, for example, to an audio data server.