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Article #8166Re: CD sector r/w
From: Boba
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:42
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 19:42
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"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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> Please show a more complete code snippet that actually compiles.
I will ...
> What exactly are you trying to accomplish in the first place?
trying to scan the disk for scratches (bad areas/tracks...)
> If you are trying to read sectors, you cannot use ReadFile() for that,
> you should be using DeviceIoControl() instead.
DeviceIoControl is a different story. I thought i could use
CreateFile("\\\\.\\D:",...) with ReadFile to see when it fails due to
bad sectors.
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