Microsoft KB Archive/156624

Cinemania 1997: Testing for Drive Capacity

PSS ID Number: Q156624 Article last modified on 10-01-1996

1997

WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations, some CD-ROM drives may not be able to access some files and folders on the Cinemania compact disc. This article lists the location of some of those files and folders and discusses a method to test your CD-ROM drive.

The following is a list of the final three folders on the Cinemania compact disc. These folders are the outermost tracks on the disc.

d:-606 MB d:-605 MB d:-602 MB

To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the files listed below. These files are located in the outermost megabytes of the Cinemania disc:

d:.c7t 601 MB d:_32.dll 581 MB d:.wav 560 MB

The Cinemania compact disc contains 606 MB of data. The final file on the disc is d:.wav.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To test drive-capacity limitations, you should copy the file to the hard drive and perform a file comparison. For more information about this procedure, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE ID: Q94653 TITLE : Using FC.EXE to Verify CD-ROM File System Drivers

KBCategory: kbsetup kbmm kbhw kbtshoot kbprb KBSubcategory:

Additional reference words: 1.0 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm compact disc disk

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