Deadly Tide: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access (Disk 4)
  
PSS ID Number: Q162590
Article last modified on 06-01-1999
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Deadly Tide for Windows, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Because of the physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may be
unable to access some of the files and folders on the Microsoft Deadly Tide
compact disc. This article lists those files and supplies a method to test your
CD-ROM drive.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the following
files:
 
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| Files       | Location On Disk | 
+--------------------------------+
| Level15.l96 | 128-226 MB       | 
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| Level14.l96 | 25-128 MB        | 
+--------------------------------+
 
Disk 4 of Microsoft Deadly Tide contains 226 MB of data. The final file on Disk 4
is Setup.hlp.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To ensure the integrity of the 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 while running a CD-ROM application with
Windows.
 
Attempt to copy one of the following files to your hard disk drive:
 
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| Files       | Location On Disk | 
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| Level15.l96 | 128-226 MB       | 
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| Level14.l96 | 25-128 MB        | 
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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 compact 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 Level15.l96 file on your compact disc to the
version of Level15.l96 file you copied to your hard drive, type the following at
the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER,
 
   fc /b d:\Level15.l96 c:\Level15.l96
 
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 compact
disc at that location.
 
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