ART GALLERY: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q131360
Article last modified on 04-17-1998
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Art Gallery for Windows, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, some files and
directories on Art Gallery CD-ROM may be inaccessible. This article lists
those files and tells how to test your CD-ROM drive.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final three directories,
listed below, from the Art Gallery CD-ROM::
 
DIRECTORIES               LOCATION ON DISK
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\ARTGALL\MSSTP\SYSTEM          641MB
\MMCAT\DIBS2                   640-641MB
\MMCAT\DIBS1                   638-640MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
files listed below:
 
FILES                       LOCATION ON DISK
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M2GPTIME\SK\1314SKUL.SK           621MB
ARTGALL\MSSTP\MMPERF.DAT          601MB
M2GPDATA\PAGES.3                  595MB
 
The Art Gallery CD-ROM contains 641 MB of data. The final file on the
CD-ROM is ARTGALL\MSSTP\SYSTEM\MSADPCM.ACM.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To ensure the integrity of your 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
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M2GPTIME\SK\1314SKUL.SK           621MB
ARTGALL\MSSTP\MMPERF.DAT          601MB
M2GPDATA\PAGES.3                  595MB
 
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 msadpcm.acm file on your
compact disc with the msadpcm.acm file on your hard disk drive, type the
following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
 
   fc  /b d:\artgall\msstp\system\msadpcm.acm c:\msadpcm.acm
 
If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the
CD-ROM at that location.
 
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Keywords          : media multi multi-media multimedia 
Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS
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