file properties on cdrom

[McMadman]

This is an odd little problem I've got.
windows98, browsing to a file on the cdrom, right clicking it and selecting properties lags up my system for a few minutes.

Obviously the problem is that windows is reading the file into memory, totally unnecessary when all I wanted to check was the exact size in bytes

Anyone know of a fix, or is a reinstall the only way around this oddity?

 

[WillyF1uhm1]

when using explorere, can't you use menu view -> details?

 

[McMadman]

Sure - although I wanted to get an exact byte count for a comparison, either way the complaint is the fact that it never used to do this before, yet it does now.