Bookshelf 1998: Testing CD-ROM Drive for File Access
  
PSS ID Number: Q173068
Article last modified on 10-15-1997
 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bookshelf 98 for Windows
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SUMMARY
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Because of physical read limitations of some CD-ROM drives, you may be
unable to read some of the files and folders on the Microsoft Bookshelf 98
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 Bookshelf 98 CD-ROM:
 
   Folder                            Location On Disc
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   Books\Zipcode                       634-635 MB
 
To test for specific drive-capacity limitations, try to access the
following files:
 
   Files                             Location On Disc
   -----                             ----------------
 
   Books\Zipcode\Zip.idx                 634-635 MB
   Books\Zipcode\Street.idx              565-634 MB
   Books\MM\T057661a.avi                 528-530 MB
 
The Bookshelf 98 compact disc contains 635 MB of data. The final
file on the CD-ROM is Books\Zipcode\Zip.idx.
 
Testing Your CD-ROM Drive
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To test 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 Disc
   -----                             ----------------
 
   Books\Zipcode\Zip.idx                 634-635 MB
   Books\Zipcode\Street.idx              565-634 MB
   Books\MM\T057661a.avi                 528-530 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 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 Zip.idx file on the CD-ROM
to the version of the Zip.idx file you copied to your hard drive, type the
following at the MS-DOS command prompt, and then press ENTER
 
   fc  /b  d:\Books\Zipcode\Zip.idx c:\Zip.idx
 
where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive, and C is the letter of your
hard disk drive.
 
If you receive errors, the CD-ROM drive is having problems reading the
compact disc at that location.
 
Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media mm cdrom cd-rom
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Keywords          : kbhw kbmm kbusage kbhowto 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS
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