Microsoft KB Archive/184873

Outwars: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 2)

PSS ID Number: Q184873 Article last modified on 05-24-1999

WINDOWS:1.0

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Outwars, version 1.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may be unable to open some of the files and folders on disc 2 of the Microsoft Outwars compact disc. This article lists those files and supplies a method to test your CD-ROM drive.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final folder, listed below, from Outwars disc 2. Outwars disc 2 is a mixed mode CD-ROM; this means the compact disc contains both data and CD Audio tracks. Listed below are the last CD Audio track and the last data folder.

To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, attempt to gain access to the following files and track.

Disc 2 of Microsoft Outwars contains 582 MB of information. It contains 287 MB of data and 295 MB of CD Audio. The final data file on the compact disc is Units.ff (located in the root directory). The final audio track on disc 2 is audio track 15.

Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
To test an audio track attempt to play the track using Media Player. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to Multimedia, and then click Media Player.
 * 2) On the Device menu, click CD Audio.
 * 3) When the Outwars tracks are displayed on the slider, move the slider to track 15, and then click the Play button.

To test the integrity of any files you copy from your CD-ROM drive to your hard disk, compare the files using the MS-DOS File Compare program (Fc.exe). You can use this test to determine if the CD-ROM subsystem is functioning properly at the device driver or hardware level(s).

The Fc.exe program 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.

To test your CD-ROM drive, attempt to copy one of the following files to your hard disk.

For information about how to copy files in Windows, follow these steps:


 * 1) Click Start, and then click Help.
 * 2) On the Index tab, type “copying” (without the quotation marks), and then double-click Files Or Folders.
 * 3) Click Copying A File Or Folder, and then click Display.

If you receive the following error message

CDR101: Not Ready

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

If the file is copied, test the file’s integrity by using Fc.exe with the /B (binary) switch. For example, to compare the Units.ff file on the CD-ROM to the Units.ff file you copied to your hard disk, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt, and then press ENTER

fc /b :.ff :.ff

where  is the letter of your CD-ROM drive, and  is the letter of your hard disk.

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

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