Cinemania 1995: Testing CD-ROM for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q132706
Article last modified on 04-16-1998
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
- Microsoft Cinemania for Windows, 1995 edition
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, the Microsoft
Cinemania CD-ROM may deny access to some files and folders. This article
lists those files and supplies a method to test your CD-ROM drive.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final two folders, listed
below, from the Cinemania CD-ROM:
 
Folders                          Location On Disk
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\Mmcat\Dibs1                     589-591 MB
\Mmcat\Dibs2                     588-589 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
Files                          Location On Disk
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\Ctrl\Ctrl9\T019004b.nwx        581 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl9\T018988a.nwx        561 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl8\T018973b.nwx        541 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl8\T018941b.nwx        521 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl7\T018906b.nwx        501 MB
 
The Cinemania 95 CD-ROM contains 591 MB of data. The final file
on the CD-ROM is \mmcat\dibs2\ngpopd.dib.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To ensure the integrity of files that you have 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 when you use CD-ROM drives
with Windows programs.
 
Attempt to copy one of the following files to the hard disk drive:
 
Files                          Location On Disk
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\Ctrl\Ctrl9\T019004b.nwx            581 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl9\T018988a.nwx            561 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl8\T018973b.nwx            541 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl8\T018941b.nwx            521 MB
\Ctrl\Ctrl7\T018906b.nwx            501 MB
 
For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your
Windows printed documentation or online Help.
 
If the following error message appears
 
   CDR101: Not Ready
 
the CD player cannot read the disk at the specified location. If the
file does copy, test the file's integrity by using FC.EXE with the /B
(binary) switch. For example, to compare the Ngpopd.dib file on your CD-ROM
to the version of Ngpopd.dib file you copied to your hard drive, type the
following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER,
 
   fc  /b  d:\mmcat\dibs2\ngpopd.dib c:\ngpopd.dib
 
where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive, and C is the letter of your
hard drive.
 
If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the
CD at that location.
 
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