A memory system which includes a flash memory including a meta block and a data block, and a memory controller including a meta data managing module managing meta data to be stored in the meta block. The meta block includes a plurality of pages. The meta data managing module compares a number of free pages of the plurality of pages with a preset number of free pages, and selects a write target page of the meta data by using one of a consecution meta write operation or a dirty meta write operation, depending on a result of the comparison.