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Re: Problems writing boot record to removable media under WinME

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 04:17
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"Bob Gonder" <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote in message
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> Is it written somewhere that the registers remain unchanged?

No.  In fact, the registers will probably change, so you should be resetting
them each time you call DeviceIoControl().

> Is this kosher?   Thought you were supposed to use DeviceIoControl.

That only applies to Win9x/Me.  WinNT/2K/XP allows directories/devices to be
opened directly.


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