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Re: Direct access to floppy disc

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Fri, 09 May 2003 19:41
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"Mirko Rajkovaca" <mirko796@ptt.yu> wrote in message
news:3ebc0082$1@newsgroups.borland.com...

>  I was tryin with something like "createfile("\\\\.\\A"..."
> but that wasn't work at all.

That will only work under NT/2K/XP.  Under 9x/Me, you have to access the
device indirectly, using the vmm32.vxd device driver.

There is information about this topic at MSDN, just search for
"DeviceIoControl" or vmm32"


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