Mac Art Gallery: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q146427
Article last modified on 02-20-1996
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Art Gallery for the Macintosh, 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 folders on Microsoft Art Gallery for the Macintosh, version 1.0
compact disc may be inaccessible from your CD-ROM drive. This article lists
those files and tells how to test your drive.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the files located on the
compact disc. The files are:
 
   Files                     Location on Disc
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   Credits.rt                     648 MB
   Art Gallery - Readme           648 MB
   Srchltab.rt                    648 MB
 
   NOTE: The Art Gallery disc contains 648 MB of data. The final file on
   the disc is Credits.rt.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading files located on the
outer portion, or track, of the compact disc. To test for specific drive-
capacity limitations, do the following:
 
1. Insert the Art Gallery disc into the CD-ROM drive.
 
2. Open the Art Gallery disc.
 
3. Drag the following file to your hard drive icon
 
      Art Gallery - Readme
 
4. Open the M2Gdata Folder.
 
5. Drag the following files to your hard drive icon.
 
      credits.rt
      srchltab.rt
 
If the following error message appears while you copy either file, then
your CD-ROM drive cannot read the disc at the specified location:
 
   The file <file name> couldn't be read, because a disk error occurred.
   Do you  want to continue copying?
 
where <file name> is the name of the file you are copying.
 
If the file does copy, compare its size with the file on the disc. To
compare file size information, do the following:
 
1. Locate the file on the disc.
 
2. Click the file one time.
 
3. On the File Menu, click Get Info.
 
4. On the line displaying the Size, make note of the number of bytes
   used.
 
5. Repeat the above procedure with the file that was copied to the hard
   disk drive.
 
The files should use an identical number of bytes. If the number of bytes
is different, that means the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the
disc.
 
For additional information, contact your CD-ROM drive manufacturer.
 
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