naftoli@aecom.YU.EDU (Robert N. Berlinger) (04/12/88)
How can I check to see if a writable (not write-protected), formatted disk has been inserted into a particular disk drive (say A:). I'd like to do this without actually writing on the disk (a small read is fine). I also would like to make calls at the DOS level and not at the BIOS level, and use well documented facilities available in MS C 5.0. I previously tried bios_disk and got differing results between my Zenith Laptop and IBM AT. Also, it didn't recognize the external 3.5" floppy (drive D:) on the AT. Any help would be much appreciated. Respond by mail -- I don't read this newsgroup. Thank you. -- Robert N. Berlinger | /------Preferred-------\ Supervisor of Systems Support |Domain: | naftoli@aecom.yu.edu | Scientific Computing Center |UUCP: {philabs,cucard,ihnp4}!aecom!naftoli Albert Einstein College of Medicine |CompuServe: 73047,741 GEnie: R.Berlinger