Close Combat: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q162591
Article last modified on 05-14-1999
 
WINDOWS:1.0
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Close Combat 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 Close Combat
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 Close Combat compact disc. The final folder is actually the root
directory of the disc, located as follows:
 
+-----------------------------------+
| Folder         | Location On Disk | 
+-----------------------------------+
| Root directory | 457-458 MB       | 
+-----------------------------------+
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the following
files:
 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Files                      | Location On Disk | 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Setup\Indeo\Ir41_32.dll    | 456-457 MB       | 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Gamedemo\Golf\Golfdemo.exe | 427-435 MB       | 
+-----------------------------------------------+
 
The Microsoft Close Combat compact disc contains 458 MB of data. The final file
on the disc is Trouble.doc.
 
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:
 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Files                      | Location On Disk | 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Setup\Indeo\Ir41_32.dll    | 456-457 MB       | 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| Gamedemo\Golf\Golfdemo.exe | 427-435 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 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 Ir41_32.dll file on your compact disc to the
version of Ir41_32.dll file you copied to your hard drive, type the following at
the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER,
 
   fc  /b  d:\Ir41_32.dll c:\Ir41_32.dll
 
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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Keywords          : kbhw kbsetup kbfaq
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.