Microsoft KB Archive/162188

Encarta 1997 Deluxe: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 2)

PSS ID Number: Q162188 Article last modified on 04-17-1998

1997

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia for Windows 1997 Deluxe edition == 

= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, your CD-ROM drive may deny access to some of the files and folders on disc 2 of the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia deluxe edition compact disc. This article lists those files and supplies a method to test your CD-ROM drive.

NOTE: This article covers disc 2. For information about disc 1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE ID: Q162187 TITLE: Encarta 1997 Deluxe: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 1)

= MORE INFORMATION =

The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final folder, listed below, from Disc 2:

Folder Location On Disc —— —————-

Encyc97-642 MB

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

Files Location On Disc —– —————-

Encyc97.m20 634-636 MB Encyc97.m20 488-632 MB Encyc97.m20 480-484 MB

Disc 2 of Encarta 1997 Deluxe edition contains 642 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM is Encyc97053339A.mid.

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 may occur when you use CD-ROM drives with Windows programs.

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

NOTE: For more information about copying files and folders in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

Files Location On Disc —– —————-

Encyc97.m20 634-636 MB Encyc97.m20 488-632 MB Encyc97.m20 480-484 MB

If the following error message appears

CDR101: Not Ready

the CD-ROM player cannot read the disc 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 Timeline.m20 file on your CD-ROM to the version of Timeline.m20 file you copied to your hard drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER,

fc /b d:.m20 c:.m20

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 disc at that location.

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