Microsoft KB Archive/176474

Encarta 1998 Standard: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 1)

PSS ID Number: Q176474 Article last modified on 11-18-1997

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 == Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia for Windows == 

= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, your CD-ROM drive may deny access to some of the files and folders on disc 1 of the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Standard edition compact disc. This article lists those files and supplies a method to test your CD-ROM drive.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final folder, listed below, from disc 1:

Folder Location On Disc —— —————-

Mmcat MB

To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the following files:

Files Location On Disc —– —————-

Mmcat.gif 518 MB Encyc98627381a.avi 511 MB Encyc98059375a.avi 495 MB Encyc98041766a.avi 488 MB

Disc 1 of the Encarta 1998 Standard edition contains 518 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM is Mmcat.gif.

Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
To test the integrity of files that you have copied from your CD-ROM drive to your hard disk drive, compare the files using the MS-DOS File Compare program (Fc.exe). This test can be used to determine if the CD-ROM subsystem is functioning properly at the device driver or hardware level(s).

The Fc.exe utility is a useful method for testing problems related to general protection (GP) faults or other critical errors (such as read errors or out of memory messages) that may occur when you use CD-ROM drives with Windows programs.

Attempt to copy one of the following files to the hard disk drive:

Files Location On Disc —– —————-

Mmcat.gif 518 MB Encyc98627381a.avi 511 MB Encyc98059375a.avi 495 MB Encyc98041766a.avi 488 MB

For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

If the following error message appears

CDR101: Not Ready

the CD-ROM player cannot read the disc at the specified location.

If the file does copy, test the file’s integrity by using Fc.exe with the /B (binary) switch. For example, to compare the Features.gif file on your CD-ROM to the version of the Features.gif file you copied to your hard drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt, and then press ENTER

fc /b d:627381a.avi c:627381a.avi

where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive, and C is the letter of your hard disk drive.

If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the compact disc at that location.

Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles cd rom cd-rom ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbhw kbmm kbsetup Version : WINDOWS: Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb kbtshoot ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1997.