Encarta 1997 Deluxe: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 2)
  
PSS ID Number: Q162188
Article last modified on 04-17-1998
 
1997
 
WINDOWS
 

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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 of some CD-ROM drives, your CD-ROM
drive may deny access to some of the files and folders on disc 2 of the
Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia deluxe edition compact disc. This article
lists those files and supplies a method to test your CD-ROM drive.
 
NOTE: This article covers disc 2. For information about disc 1, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE ID: Q162187
   TITLE: Encarta 1997 Deluxe: Testing CD-ROM for File Access (Disc 1)
 
MORE INFORMATION
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The CD-ROM drive may have difficulty reading the final folder, listed
below, from Disc 2:
 
   Folder                          Location On Disc
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   Encyc97\Mm\Midi                    639-642 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
   Files                          Location On Disc
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Encyc97\Timeline.m20                634-636 MB
   Encyc97\Picon.m20                  488-632 MB
   Encyc97\Mmbag.m20                  480-484 MB
 
Disc 2 of Encarta 1997 Deluxe edition contains 642 MB of data. The final
file on the CD-ROM is Encyc97\Mm\Midi\T053339A.mid.
 
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.
 
NOTE: For more information about copying files and folders in Windows, see
your Windows printed documentation or online Help.
 
   Files                          Location On Disc
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   Encyc97\Timeline.m20                634-636 MB
   Encyc97\Picon.m20                  488-632 MB
   Encyc97\Mmbag.m20                  480-484 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 Timeline.m20 file on your
CD-ROM to the version of Timeline.m20 file you copied to your hard drive,
type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER,
 
   fc  /b  d:\encyc97\timeline.m20 c:\timeline.m20
 
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: 1997multi media multimedia multi-media
mmtitles kbmm cdrom
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Keywords          : kbenv kbhw kbmm kbsetup kbtshoot kbhowto 
Version           : 1997
Platform          : WINDOWS
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