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Thank you for this information.
Martin


Eudy Silva schrieb:
> My understanding is that if you call CreateFile with \\.\U:
> you'll get a handle to the partition U: (a logical drive),
> like you're doing, and youl'll be limited to sectors inside
> of that partition.
> 
> If you want to access the physyical drive (that means the
> whole drive - Master Boot Record, etc) you have to call
> CreateFile with \\.\PHYSICALDRIVEx, as stated in Builder's
> WinSDK Online help:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> The lpFileName string should be \\.\x: to open a floppy drive x or
> a partition x on a hard disk. For example:
> String    Meaning
> \\.\A:    Obtains a handle to drive A on the user's computer.
> \\.\C:    Obtains a handle to drive C on the user's computer.
> 
> The lpFileName string should be of the form \\.\PHYSICALDRIVEx to
> open the hard disk x. Hard disk numbers start at zero. For example:
> 
> String    Meaning
> \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2  Obtains a handle to the third physical drive
>                     on the user's computer.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> I believe you must find a way of discovering which physical drive
> your pen drive (or similar) is. Sorry, that's AFAIK, for now.
> Search also for "Direct Drive Access Under Win32"  in Builder's
> WinSDK Online help.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Eudy