Music Central 1997: Testing CD-ROM for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q162831
Article last modified on 04-17-1998
 
1997
 
WINDOWS
 

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1997
WINDOWS
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Music Central for Windows, 1997 edition
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, the
your CD-ROM drive may deny access to some of the files and folders on the
Microsoft Music Central 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 Music Central compact disc:
 
   Folder                          Location On Disk
   ------                          ----------------
   Mmcat\Wavs                         589-590 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
   Files                          Location On Disk
   -----                          ----------------
   Mmcat\Wavs\Atlas.wav               589-590 MB
   Data\Tours\Lrch.m7t                578-581 MB
   Data\Ctrl\Ctrl5\T419570a.wav       549-550 MB
 
The Music Central 1997 disc contains 590 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\Atlas.wav               589-590 MB
   Data\Tours\Lrch.m7t                578-581 MB
   Data\Ctrl\Ctrl5\T419570a.wav       549-550 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  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 Atlas.wav file on your
compact disc 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, your CD-ROM drive is having problems reading
the disc at that location.
 
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Additional reference words: 1997 multi media multimedia multi-media
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Keywords          : kbhowto 
Version           : 1997
Platform          : WINDOWS
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