Microsoft KB Archive/131412

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access

PSS ID Number: Q131412 Article last modified on 12-15-1995

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

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

DIRECTORIES LOCATION ON DISC ———– —————-

-466 MB -465 MB

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

The Musical Instruments CD-ROM contains 466 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM is .wav

Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
To ensure 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 can occur with Windows CD-ROM applications.

Try to copy the following file to your hard disk drive. For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

FILE LOCATION ON DISC —- —————-

.wav 465 MB

If the following error message appears

CDR101: Not Ready

the CD player 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 Zurnword.wav file on your CD with the Zurnword.wav file on your hard disk drive type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER

fc /b d:.wav c:.wav

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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