How to call disk devices?

This is a discussion on How to call disk devices? within the Programming Languages forums in category; Okay, the first harddisk is calling \\.\PhysicalDrive0 and the floppy can called \\.\A: but is there not a real name like \\.\PhysicalFloppy0 or someting like that? And how to call the CDROM-drive? That's not always D:. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. MBR-rebuilders in DiskEdit! http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/ Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer, DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester. >>>>>>> Interesse in e-roken? Zie de groep alt.e-roken.nl <<<<<<<<...

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Old 08-30-2008, 03:50 PM
Jawade
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Default How to call disk devices?

Okay, the first harddisk is calling \\.\PhysicalDrive0 and the
floppy can called \\.\A: but is there not a real name like
\\.\PhysicalFloppy0 or someting like that? And how to call the
CDROM-drive? That's not always D:.

--
Met vriendelijke groeten, Jawade. MBR-rebuilders in DiskEdit!
http://jawade.nl/ Met een mirror op http://jawade.fortunecity.com/
Bootmanager (+Vista +Linux), ClrMBR, DiskEdit (+Linux), POP3lezer,
DOS-Filebrowser, Kalender, Webtellers en IP-log, USB-stick tester.
>>>>>>> Interesse in e-roken? Zie de groep alt.e-roken.nl <<<<<<<<

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Old 08-30-2008, 04:39 PM
Antoine
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Default Re: How to call disk devices?

Jawade wrote:
> Okay, the first harddisk is calling \\.\PhysicalDrive0 and the
> floppy can called \\.\A: but is there not a real name like
> \\.\PhysicalFloppy0 or someting like that? And how to call the
> CDROM-drive? That's not always D:.
>


This is for win32 environment.
You can ask on comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 newsgroup...
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Old 08-30-2008, 05:39 PM
Jawade
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Default Re: How to call disk devices?

In article <g9cb35$frh$1@aioe.org>, antoine@gthnospam.com says...
> Jawade wrote:
> > Okay, the first harddisk is calling \\.\PhysicalDrive0 and the
> > floppy can called \\.\A: but is there not a real name like
> > \\.\PhysicalFloppy0 or someting like that? And how to call the
> > CDROM-drive? That's not always D:.

>
> This is for win32 environment.
> You can ask on comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 newsgroup...


Thank you.
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