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In order to implement a licensing package under Windows NT and WIN95 I need to determine the starting sector number (i.e. the physical location) of a file on a user's hard disk. Can anyone suggest ...
Zones: Windows ProgrammingDate Answered: 07/25/1997 Grade: C Views: 0
To read and write specific sectors on specific track on a floppy  disk, we wrote an application under windows 3.1 using int-13 interrupt. This application (16 bits) was running correctly under win ...
Zones: Windows ProgrammingDate Answered: 10/03/1998 Grade: C Views: 0
Ok...I long to be an expert, but I will bow to the one who will answer. Here is the scenario.. I am defraging, with details up, and take note that the 'unmovable sectors'have dramatically increase...
Zones: Windows 95Date Answered: 04/01/1999 Grade: B Views: 0
at start up, my computer always asks: WARNING! disk boot sector is to be modified press 'Y' to accept, any key to abort. AWARD SYSTEM it  always comes right before the software starts, and...
Zones: HardwareDate Answered: 10/16/2000 Grade: A Views: 0
Is there a way to do that? I know it is possible to read data from a FAT12 disk with CreateFile("\\\\.\\A:", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL); for example. But ...
Zones: Windows ProgrammingDate Answered: 12/24/2001 Grade: B Views: 0
Hi, I am trying to help a friend that allowed a boot sector (virus) write. I need a Diagnostic / Program to get into a HD. That is, a prog. that will ignore the boot sector (if possible) and let...
Zones: Operating SystemsDate Answered: 03/05/2002 Grade: A Views: 0
Hello everybody, I have a problem. When I scanned my harddisk, it seems my harddisk has a lot of bad sectors. Maybe anyone knows how to keep my harddisk safe and the badsector won't spread out. An...
Zones: Windows MEDate Answered: 04/30/2003 Grade: B Views: 0
i need the code for reading and writing a particular sector/track of hard disc in VB using API. please help me solve. i need urgently within 5 days. if you give me the code i will be gratefull and ...
Zones: Programming, Signal ProcessingDate Answered: 10/14/2003 Grade: A Views: 0
What should be done when a bad sector is found on the harddrive.  Xp is unable to boot even after preforming chkdsk /r, chkdsk /p, and fixmbr.  Should the drive be tossed or just reformatted and us...
Zones: HardwareDate Answered: 01/08/2005 Grade: A Views: 0
A WinXP Pro system started reporting "A disk read error occurred" during boot, and of course Windows would not load.  I installed the hard drive as slave in another computer, and during start up Wi...
Zones: Windows XPDate Answered: 08/27/2005 Grade: A Views: 0