Cinemania 1997: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q162200
Article last modified on 02-21-1998
 
1997
 
WINDOWS
 

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1997
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Cinemania for Windows, 1997 edition
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SUMMARY
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Because of the physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, your drive
may deny access to some of the files and folders on the Microsoft Cinemania
1997 edition compact disc. This article lists 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 folder, listed
below, from the Cinemania 1997 edition disc:
 
   Folder                          Location On Disk
   ------                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\wavs                      605-606 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
   Files                          Location On Disk
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\wavs\grdn.wav            605-606 MB
   Data\Tours\Ladies.c7t          590-592 MB
   Data\Setup\Msie20c.exe         580-581 MB
 
The Cinemania 1997 compact disc contains 606 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 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:
 
   Files                          Location On Disk
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\wavs\grdn.wav            605-606 MB
   Data\Tours\Ladies.c7t          590-592 MB
   Data\Setup\Msie20c.exe         580-581 MB
 
For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your
Windows printed documentation or online Help.
 
If the error message appears,
 
   CDR101: Not Ready
 
the CD-ROM player cannot read the disk 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 Grdn.wav file on your
CD-ROM to the version of Grdn.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\grdn.wav C:\grdn.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.
 
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Keywords          : kbhowto kbfaq
Version           : 1997
Platform          : WINDOWS
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