Frank Lloyd Wright: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q131411
Article last modified on 03-15-1996
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Frank Lloyd Wright for Windows, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may not be
able to access some files and directories on the Frank Lloyd Wright for
Windows CD-ROM. This article lists some of those files and directories and
explains 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 Frank Lloyd Wright for Windows CD-ROM:
 
DIRECTORIES                          LOCATION ON DISC
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\xfiles\msstp                           571-574 MB
\pre\flyby                              515-571 MB
\pre\flw\zqt                            411-515 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
files listed below:
 
FILES                          LOCATION ON DISC
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\pre\flyby\flyby.exe                516 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\uso933d                502 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\pra904b                482 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\pra894a                461 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\exo923a                441 MB
 
The Frank Lloyd Wright CD-ROM contains 574 MB of data. The final file
on the CD-ROM is \xfiles\mstp\_mssetup.exe.
 
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 can occur with Windows CD-
ROM applications.
 
Try 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 DISC
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\pre\flyby\flyby.exe                516 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\uso933d                502 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\pra904b                482 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\pra894a                461 MB
\pre\flw\zqt\exo923a                441 MB
 
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 _mssetup.exe file on your CD
with the _mssetup.exe file on your hard disk drive type the following at
the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
 
   fc  /b  d:\xfiles\msstp\_mssetup.exe c:\_mssetup.exe
 
where your CD-ROM drive is drive D, and your hard disk drive is drive C.
 
If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the
CD-ROM at that location.
 
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KBSubcategory: multi media multimedia multi-media
 
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Keywords          : media multi multi-media multimedia 
Version           : 1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.