Dogs: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q151281
Article last modified on 02-13-1998
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Dogs for Windows, version 1.0
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, your CD-ROM
drive may deny access to some files and folders on the Microsoft Dogs
compact disc.
 
This article lists some of 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 Dogs compact disc:
 
Folders                            Location On Disk
-------                            ----------------
 
Mmcat\Dibs2                           451-451 MB
Data\Setup\App                        439-441 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
Files                                 Location On Disk
-----                                 ----------------
 
Mmcat\Dibs2\Xplnpopd.dib              451 MB
Data\Setup\App\Dogs32.dll             440 MB
 
The Dogs compact disc contains 451 MB of data. The final file on the
CD-ROM is Mmcat\Dibs2\Xplnpopd.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 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.
 
Attempt to copy one of the following files from the CD-ROM to your
hard disk drive.
 
FILES                               LOCATION ON DISK
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Mmcat\Dibs2\Xplnpopd.dib              451 MB
Data\Setup\App\Dogs32.dll             440 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 copies, test the file's integrity using Fc.exe with the
/B(binary) switch. For example, to compare the xplnpopd.dib file on
your CD-ROM with the xplnpopd.dib file on your hard disk drive, type
the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
 
   fc /b d:\mmcat\dibs2\xplnpopd.dib c:\xplnpopd.dib
 
If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading
the CD at that location.
 
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Version           : WINDOWS:1.00
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb
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