CDINFO.TXT

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           Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
              README for Windows CDINFO Tool
 	                 June 2000   
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       (c) Copyright Microsoft Corporation, 2000

This document provides complementary or late-breaking information to 
supplement the Microsoft Millennium Edition (Windows Me) documentation.

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CDinfo.exe 
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CDinfo.exe is a tool that can determine the ability of a CD-ROM drive to 
successfully read a disc.  It is a console application you should run in 
an MS-DOS window. 


To use CDinfo.exe:

	1. Click Start, click Run, and then type:

	   command 

	2. Press ENTER.
	3. At the command prompt, type:

	   <CD-ROM driveletter>:\tools\pssutil\cdinfo.exe

	4. Press ENTER.


   Note
   To save this information to a text file, type the following at the 
   command prompt:

   <CDROM DRive>:\tools\pssutil\CDinfo.exe >C:\tstinfo.txt 

   and then press ENTER. This saves the output of this test to the Tstinfo.txt file 
   on drive C on your computer.



Information and Error Message Dialog Boxes
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	* Number of CD-ROM drives found by WMPCD.DLL.
	* The device name.
	* Read Rate - The rate at which this drive is able to read a disc.
	* Read Rate with error correction turned on: - The rate at which 
	  the drive can read a disc when error correction is turned on.
	* Digital Play - Confirms that the read rate is 1X or over.
	* Correct Jitter - If OK is listed here, the device should be able 
	  to digitally read with error correction on.
	* Read size count: 16 - The maximum usable read size for this CD-ROM drive.
	* Read Size #: The read size chosen to use with Windows Media Player.