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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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