COMPLETE BASKETBALL: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q131362
Article last modified on 03-08-1996
 
1994 1995
 
WINDOWS
 

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1994 1995
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Complete NBA Basketball, '94-'95 edition
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations on some CD-ROM drives, you may not be
able to access some files and directories on the Complete Basketball CD-ROM
disk. This article list some of 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 Basketball CD-ROM:
 
DIRECTORIES                    LOCATION ON DISK
-----------                    ----------------
 
ZZSYSTEM                          515-517 MB
VIEWER                            514-515 MB
VIDEO                             364-514 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
files listed below:
 
FILES                          LOCATION ON DISK
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VIDEO\U297726A.AVI                 503 MB
VIDEO\U297711A.AVI                 481 MB
 
The Complete Basketball CD-ROM contains 517 MB of data. The final
file on the CD-ROM is XFILES\SYSTEM\VSHARE.386.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To ensure the integrity of 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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VIDEO\U297726A.AVI                 503 MB
VIDEO\U297711A.AVI                 481 MB
 
If the following error message appears
 
   CDR101: Not Ready
 
the CD-ROM drive 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 vshare.386 file on your CD
with the vshare.386 file on your hard disk drive, type the following at the
MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
 
   fc  /b  d:\xfiles\system\vshare.386  c:\vshare.386
 
Where your CD-ROM drive is drive D, and your hard disk drive is drive C.
 
If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive has problems reading the
CD-ROM disc at that location.
 
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Keywords          : media multi multi-media multimedia tshoot 
Version           : 1994 1995
Platform          : WINDOWS
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.