Microsoft KB Archive/131362

COMPLETE BASKETBALL: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access

PSS ID Number: Q131362 Article last modified on 03-08-1996

1994 1995

WINDOWS

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= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations on some CD-ROM drives, you may not be able to access some files and directories on the Complete Basketball CD-ROM disk. This article list some of those files and tells how to test your CD- ROM drive.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final three directories, listed below, from the Basketball CD-ROM:

DIRECTORIES LOCATION ON DISK ———– —————-

ZZSYSTEM 515-517 MB VIEWER 514-515 MB VIDEO 364-514 MB

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

FILES LOCATION ON DISK —– —————-

VIDEO.AVI 503 MB VIDEO.AVI 481 MB

The Complete Basketball CD-ROM contains 517 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM is XFILES.386.

Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
To ensure the integrity of 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 your hard disk drive. For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

FILES LOCATION ON DISK —– —————-

VIDEO.AVI 503 MB VIDEO.AVI 481 MB

If the following error message appears

CDR101: Not Ready

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

If the file copies, test the file’s integrity by using FC.EXE with the /B (binary) switch. For example, to compare the vshare.386 file on your CD with the vshare.386 file on your hard disk drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:

fc /b d:.386 c:.386

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

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

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