Music Central 1996: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q141330
Article last modified on 04-16-1998
 
1996
 
WINDOWS
 

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1996
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
- Microsoft Music Central for Windows, 1996 edition
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, the
Microsoft Music Central compact disc 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 three folders,
listed below, from the Music Central CD-ROM:
 
   Folders                          Location On Disk
   -------                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\Dibs1c                       592-593 MB
   Mmcat\Dibs1b                       591-592 MB
   Mmcat\Dibs1a                       590-591 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
   Files                            Location On Disk
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Data\Ctrl\Ctrl7\t419706a.wav            581 MB
   Data\Ctrl\Ctrl5\t419568a.wav            561 MB
 
The Music Central 96 CD-ROM contains 593 MB of data. The final file
on the CD-ROM is \mmcat\dibs1c\winpopd.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
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Data\Ctrl\Ctrl7\t419706a.wav       581 MB
   Data\Ctrl\Ctrl5\t419568a.wav       561 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-ROM 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 winpopd.dib file on your
CD-ROM to the version of winpopd.dib file you copied to your hard drive,
type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER,
 
   fc  /b  d:\mmcat\dibs1c\winpopd.dib c:\winpopd.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
disc at that location.
 
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Keywords          : kbenv kbhw kbmm kbprb kbsetup kbtshoot
Version           : 1996
Platform          : WINDOWS
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