Read a sector of a disk

[cami58]

How could I read or write a specific sector of a hard disk or floppy using Visual C++.I did it with the assembler and I would like to know how it is with C++.
Thanks to you.

 

[programsecrets]

You'll probably have to embed some assembler code within your C++ code.

I don't think the C++ API supports that low of a level -- i.e. specific sectors of a disc. Here's an example of embedding, although it's for a different purpose:

http://buraks.com/p3uns/

I hope this helps.

 

[mingis]

cami58, how did you do it under Windows? Let me know, plz. I was allowed to access physical sectors only under pure DOS, not under Windows.

 

[cami58]

To Mingis:
I did that on pure DOS too.I've never tried it under windows.