How to read/write data direct from hard disk not using WINAPI?

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Hi! I want to know how to read/write data direct from hard disk not using WINAPI and other libraries, that use WINAPI calls. Can anybody help me? Thanks!

Posted 26-Nov-12 4:01am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 4-Apr-13 15:09pm

Why?!
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Mauro Leggieri · Answer 1 · 2012-11-26T04:31:00

Solution 1

a) Write a driver and make IO calls directly into file system drivers.
b) Use native api. NtCreateFile and so on.

Posted 26-Nov-12 4:31am

Mauro Leggieri