Microsoft KB Archive/146427

Mac Art Gallery: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access

PSS ID Number: Q146427 Article last modified on 02-20-1996

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= SUMMARY =

Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, some files and folders on Microsoft Art Gallery for the Macintosh, version 1.0 compact disc may be inaccessible from your CD-ROM drive. This article lists those files and tells how to test your drive.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the files located on the compact disc. The files are:

Files Location on Disc —– —————-

Credits.rt 648 MB Art Gallery - Readme 648 MB Srchltab.rt 648 MB

NOTE: The Art Gallery disc contains 648 MB of data. The final file on the disc is Credits.rt.

Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading files located on the outer portion, or track, of the compact disc. To test for specific drive- capacity limitations, do the following:

  Insert the Art Gallery disc into the CD-ROM drive.   Open the Art Gallery disc.   Drag the following file to your hard drive icon Art Gallery - Readme   Open the M2Gdata Folder.   Drag the following files to your hard drive icon. credits.rt srchltab.rt 

If the following error message appears while you copy either file, then your CD-ROM drive cannot read the disc at the specified location:

The file couldn’t be read, because a disk error occurred. Do you want to continue copying?

where is the name of the file you are copying.

If the file does copy, compare its size with the file on the disc. To compare file size information, do the following:


 * 1) Locate the file on the disc.
 * 2) Click the file one time.
 * 3) On the File Menu, click Get Info.
 * 4) On the line displaying the Size, make note of the number of bytes used.
 * 5) Repeat the above procedure with the file that was copied to the hard disk drive.

The files should use an identical number of bytes. If the number of bytes is different, that means the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the disc.

For additional information, contact your CD-ROM drive manufacturer.

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