Microsoft KB Archive/132540

Bookshelf 1995: Testing CD-ROM Drive For File Access

PSS ID Number: Q132540 Article last modified on 05-04-1999

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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may not be able to access some files and folders on the Bookshelf 1995 CD-ROM. This article lists some of those files and folders and explains how to test your CD-ROM drive.

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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final three folders, listed below, from the CD-ROM.

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

The Bookshelf CD-ROM contains 633 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM is Word.wll.

Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
To ensure the integrity of your files that have been 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 while running a CD- ROM application with Windows.

Attempt to copy one of the following files to the hard drive.

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

If the following error message appears

CDR101: Not Ready

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

If the file copies, test its integrity by using FC.EXE with the /B (binary) switch. For example, to compare the Bsh.wll file on your CD with the Bsh.wll file on your hard drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:

fc /b d:.wll c:.wll

where your CD-ROM drive is drive D and your hard disk drive is drive C.

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

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