A drive apparatus including a recording/reproduction section and a drive control section is disclosed. The drive apparatus is configured for recording data in an information recording media and for reproducing data recorded in the information recording media. The drive apparatus performs a pseudo-overwrite recording for a write-once recording medium. The drive control section receives a recording instruction including a location at which data is to be recorded and controls the recording/reproduction section to record data at a replacement location in the user data area, instead of the location included in the recording instruction.