Encarta 1997 Deluxe: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 1)
  
PSS ID Number: Q162187
Article last modified on 05-05-1999
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia for Windows 1997 Deluxe edition 
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations on some CD-ROM drives, your CD-ROM drive
may deny access to some files and folders on the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia
compact disc. This article lists those files and supplies a method to test your
CD-ROM drive.
 
NOTE: This article covers disc 1. For information about disc 2, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   Q162188 Encarta 1997 Deluxe: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 2)
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final folder, listed below,
from disc 1 of the Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe edition:
 
+-------------------------------+
| Folder     | Location On Disc | 
+-------------------------------+
| Mmcat\Wavs | 642-644 MB       | 
+-------------------------------+
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the following
files:
 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Files                       | Location On Disc | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Mmcat\Wavs\Atlas.wav        | 642 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T044131a.avi | 630 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T041748a.avi | 621 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T039910a.avi | 599 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T027264a.avi | 582 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
 
The Encarta Encyclopedia compact disc contains 644 MB of data. The final file on
the CD-ROM is \Mmcat\Wavs\Wof.wav.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
-------------------------
 
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 drive.
 
For more information about copying files and folders in Windows, see your Windows
printed documentation or online Help.
 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Files                       | Location On Disc | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Mmcat\Wavs\Atlas.wav        | 642 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T044131a.avi | 630 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T041748a.avi | 621 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T039910a.avi | 599 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
| Encyc97\Mm\Avi\T027264a.avi | 582 MB           | 
+------------------------------------------------+
 
If the following error message appears
 
   CDR101: Not Ready
 
the CD-ROM player 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 Atlas.wav file on your CD-ROM to the version
of Atlas.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\atlas.wav c:\atlas.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.
 
Additional query words: 1997 multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm win95
 
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