Bookshelf '95 for Windows 95: Testing CD-ROM for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q165586
Article last modified on 04-17-1998
 

 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bookshelf '95 for Windows 95
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may be
denied access to some of the files and folders on the Microsoft Bookshelf
compact. 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 Bookshelf compact disc:
 
   Folder                          Location on Disc
   ------                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\Dibs2                        541-543 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
   Files                          Location On Disc
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\Dibs2\Land.wav               542-543 MB
   Books\Zipcode\Street.idx           478-538 MB
 
The Bookshelf '95 for Windows 95 compact disc contains 543 MB of data.
The final file on the disc is Mmcat\Dibs2\Landpopd.dib
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To check the integrity of files that you copied from your compact disc to
your hard disk drive, compare the files using the MS-DOS File Compare
program (Fc.exe). You can use this test 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 drive:
 
   Files                          Location On Disc
   -----                          ----------------
 
   Mmcat\Dibs2\Land.wav               542-543 MB
   Books\Zipcode\Street.idx           478-538 MB
 
NOTE: 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 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 Land.wav file on your
compact disc to the version of Land.wav file you copied to your hard drive,
type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER:
 
   fc  /b  d:\mmcat\dibs2\land.wav c:\land.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
compact disc at that location.
 
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Keywords          : kbhw kbmm kbtshoot kbusage kbhowto 
Platform          : WINDOWS
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