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Subject:	Re: Exact size hdd
Date:	Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:14:14 +0200
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"DJ Delorie" <dj AT delorie DOT com> ha scritto nel messaggio 
news:201309112001 DOT r8BK1QbW018320 AT delorie DOT com...
>
> I don't think there's such a function.  You'd need to read and parse
> the partition tables on the hard drive to get that info.
>
> The best you can do is the size of the whole hard drive, which is a BIOS
> function:  http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_71.html
>
> Note that these BIOS calls are only reliable for smaller disk drives;
> there's a limit to how large a disk can be and still fit into the BIOS
> parameters, and today's disks are often bigger than that limit.


Ok, many thanks.


Regards 

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