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gain hard drive info
Name: me_too79 Date: May 27, 2008 at 01:49:43 Pacific OS: DOS CPU/Ram: x86/1G
Comment:
given the hard disk info(i.e disk1 partition1),how to get the driver(i.e C:) under DOS ?
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: May 27, 2008 at 04:57:54 Pacific
Reply:
" get the driver(i.e C:) under DOS ?"
uh... what driver?
and what version of DOS?
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Response Number 2
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: May 27, 2008 at 13:55:12 Pacific
Reply:
Do you mean, "After I've created the partition with fdisk what do I do next?"
You need to format it, as in format c:. When it's done the drive will be usable.
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Response Number 3
Name: me_too79 Date: May 27, 2008 at 21:18:00 Pacific
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"get the driver info" , driver here means driver letter ,such as C:,D:,E: and so on. the version of DOS is MS-DOS 6 and up. I think maybe DPB is useful? but it doesn't contain disk No and partition No info.
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Response Number 4
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: May 27, 2008 at 21:59:10 Pacific
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Fdisk, option 4, would seem to provide the partition and drive letter information you're looking for. MSD might help. I guess it'll depend on exactly what you want.
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Response Number 5
Name: me_too79 Date: May 28, 2008 at 00:49:35 Pacific
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Thanks DAVEINCAPS, fdisk ,option 4 works well ,but I need to implement it by programming, using C or ASM.
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Response Number 6
Name: DAVEINCAPS Date: May 28, 2008 at 04:14:57 Pacific
Reply:
You might try posting in the 'programming' forum.
(edit) FDISK/STATUS probably provides the info you need and may be easier to program if you're trying to mimic the command.
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