A method of recording data optically to an optical disk having a plurality
of sectors, in which each sector has a region to be recorded with data,
the data is recorded in units of blocks, and the block includes a
predetermined number of sectors and is a data unit including error
correction codes. In recording data related to a content by dividing and
recording the data in a plurality of sectors continuously, dummy data to
be used for extracting a clock in phase lock loop (PLL) for data
reproduction is recorded on a region adjacent before a sector from which
data recording is started. The data related to the contents is recorded
on sectors following the region recorded with the dummy data.