an optical recording controlling method and an optical recording apparatus utilizing the method implement operations of performing a recording operation to record the data in the recording medium , applying a pause request signal to stop , temporarily , the recording operation , determining whether to set a record resume time , and if the record resume time is set while the recording operation is in pause , temporarily stopping the recording operation and then resuming the recording operation at the record resume preset time . therefore , the recording operation may be resumed at a user &# 39 ; s desired time .