According to one embodiment, a recording apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory is capable of recording data. The controller divides the memory into a first region and a second region and controls the recording of the data. The controller writes externally supplied data into the first region without performing error correction coding and address conversion of a logical address into a physical address for the externally supplied data, and performs the error correction coding and the address conversion for the data, and then writes resulting data into the second region.