Bookshelf 96-97: Testing CD-ROM for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q148842
Article last modified on 04-07-1999
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bookshelf 1996-97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may be unable to
access some files and folders on the Microsoft Bookshelf compact disc from you
CD-ROM drive. This article lists those files and supplies a method to test your
CD-ROM drive.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The path to the test files should include "\Mmcat" example:
 
   D:\Mmcat\Wavs\Wof.wav
 
The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final two folders, listed below,
from the Bookshelf '96-'97 CD-ROM:
 
   Folders                          Location On Disk
   -------                          ----------------
   Wavs                             544-545 MB
   Dibs                             542-544 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the following
files:
 
   Files                            Location On Disk
   -----                            ----------------
   Wavs\Wof.wav                     545 MB
   Dibs\Wrldpopd.dib                544 MB
 
The Bookshelf compact disc contains 545 MB of data. The final file on the CD-ROM
is \Mmcat\Wavs\Wof.wav.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To ensure the integrity of files that you have copied from the compact disc to
your hard 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 drive:
 
   Files                          Location On Disk
   -----                          ----------------
   Mmcat\Wavs\Wof.wav                  545 MB
   Dibs\Wrldpopd.dib                   544 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 drive cannot read the disc 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 wof.wav file on your compact disc to the version of
wof.wav file you copied to your hard drive, type the following at the MS-DOS
command prompt and press ENTER,
 
   fc /b d:\mmcat\wavs\wof.wav c:\wof.wav
 
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.
 
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
 
   Q148351 Multimedia: Some CD-ROM Drives Can't Properly Read Disc
 
Additional query words: 1.00 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm CD C.D. ROM disc compact disk read only memory errors missing unavailable read-error c-d tshoot troubleshooting trouble shooting '95-'96 kbimu
 
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Keywords          :  kbfaq
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo
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