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Address of a file on a drive
Name: Robert Date: February 12, 2000 at 14:09:50 Pacific
Comment:
Is there a was in dos to find the CHS adress that a file is useing? I want to see where a file is on a HD an if it is fragmented
Name: Igor M Date: February 13, 2000 at 01:16:31 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
You can find this information in the directory. There DOS stores the starting cluster of a file and its length. Then you need to trace file in the FAT starting with this cluster. If you need more information e-mail me, because it's too complicated to be post in the forum.
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