Article | TroubleShooting With CD-ROM

The maximum a floppy disk can contain is
1.44 MB. To play a game with around 200 MB you are stuck with 100 over
diskettes. The CD-ROM is a revolutionary invention that allows up to 625
MB at one time. However, it is read only, which means you can't store in
anything.

Buttons Fun

Although most CD-ROMs comes with only 2
buttons, do you know you can also skip, play previous track and play the
next track as well with a proper combination? Check properly on your
instruction manual for additional functions. You just might be surprised
what it can do.

Clean
Thoroughly

It is important to clean the CR-ROM at
least once every month. Get a CD lens cleaner. If possible, choose one
with an alcohol solution drop. This should ensure that your CD-ROM will
always be able to read properly.

Clean
You CDs

It is just as important to clean your
CDs often. Why? Because if you have a speck of dust on the surface of
one of your CDs, once spinning at high-speed in the drive, the speck of
dust is enough to produce scratches on your precious CD.

Running In DOS

One of the common
problems with CD-ROMs is unable to access it under DOS. This might be
because the protected-mode CD-ROM driver isn't available. You'll need to
add the real-mode device driver, usually included with your CD-ROM
drive, in CONFIG.SYS and load MSCDEX.EXE, which is available in the
Windows\Command folder. You should also make sure both files are on your
startup disk.

Run
List

Like those cool expensive hi-fi systems,
you can customize the run list of your Audio CD, only not with the
CD-ROM itself. Use Windows' CD player to customize the run list and you
can have your CD running in any track order you like.

Read
Ahead

The read ahead buffer is useful to speed
up things. Go to Control Panel, System. Click on the
Performance tab. Click on the File System... button. On the
File System Properties, click on CD-ROM. Make sure you have the
fullest cache. Even if you have a CD-ROM with less than Quad speed, just
move ahead. You'll be surprised to find your CD-ROM running faster.

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