Microsoft KB Archive/165519

Bookshelf 96-97: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access

PSS ID Number: Q165519 Article last modified on 04-17-1998

96-97

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Bookshelf ’96-’97 for Windows == 

= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, may not be able to access some of the files and folders on the Bookshelf 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 the Bookshelf disc:

Folder Location On Disc —— —————-

Mmcat-548 MB

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

Files Location On Disk —– —————-

Mmcat.wav 547-548 MB Books.idx 477-545 MB

The Bookshelf compact disc contains 548 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM is .wav

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 your hard drive:

Files Location On Disc —– —————-

Mmcat.wav 547-548 MB Books.idx 477-545 MB

For more information about how to copy files and folders in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

If the following error message appears

CDR101: Not Ready

the CD-ROM drive cannot read the disk 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 Muscntrl.wav file on your CD-ROM to the version of Muscntrl.wav file you copied to your hard drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:

fc /b d:.wav c:.wav

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

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

Additional query words: 96-97 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm cd rom cd-rom compact disk read only memory errors missing unavailable read-error ====================================================================== Keywords : kbmm kbsetup kbusage kbhowto Version : 96-97 Platform : WINDOWS ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.