arasmith@mathcs.emory.edu (David Arasmith) (09/13/90)
I have a question for those out there more knowledgable than myself. I am trying to determine the number of logical hard drives on any garden variety IBM PC or PS/2 from within Turbo C(++ v1.0). I cannot assume that functions such as setdisk() will give reliable information. What I need is a way to check a particular drive without encountering the infamous Abort, Retry, Fail. Does someone out there know an easy way to poke a drive (and determine if it is fixed or floppy) without forcing a user to insert a floppy? (I'm not worried about a: & b: - it's the d:'s e:'s and f:'s hanging off the back that concern me!) Thanks a lot! Email is more likely to get to me (actually me to it). -- David M. Arasmith | arasmith@mathcs.emory.edu Internet Emory University | {sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!arasmith UUCP Dept of Math and CS | Atlanta, GA 30322 | I should be working! Gee....I wonder what's on TV?