Hybrid optical storage media enable various combinations of read-only, write and read/write functionality. The hybrid optical storage media can include, for example, read-only or write data portions, referred to as restricted data portions, as well as unrestricted read/write data portions. Primary data, such as multimedia, software applications and templates are written to the restricted data portions in an intended state of preservation and secondary data, such as advertisements, saved games, updates, form data and security information, are written to the unrestricted data portions in a state that allows them to be erased and/or overwritten without undesirably affecting the primary data. In some instances, the secondary data controls access to and use of the primary data. Coloring schemes can also be used to distinguish between different types of data portions and portions of disks that have been written to.