BIOS Int 21/43 (Get/Set File Attr) locks up. Help!

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1 total messages Started by Tim Holt Thu, 04 Apr 1991 17:41

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Author: Tim Holt
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1991 17:41

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Problem:
I'm trying to determine if a file exists on a drive (in Q Basic 4.5)
by using the interrupt 21h/AH=43h.  This is the Get/Set File Attr
command.  I then check for file-not-found or path-not-found via
returned values in AX.  Works just fine, until I don't have a floppy
in the drive when I check for a file on the floppy.  Then, the whole
system hangs & I've got to do a hard-reset to reboot (keyboard gone).

Question:  How do I get it to recover from this error state?  Is there
an easier way to see if a file exists?  I'm working in QuickBasic as
mentioned above.  I'd like to stay away from the ON ERROR GOTO... stuff,
as I've got a big modularized program and would like to stay away from the
ON ERROR stuff if possible.

Ideas?  Suggestions???
Thanks...

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