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Hi, basically i was wondering if there was anyway of directly accessing and writing to a harddrive? for example i have a specific sector on my harddrive which i would like to directly insert some code? does anyone know of any C++ functions or commands to do this?
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what operating system. how is the hdd formatted? You can't do that under MS-Windows without writing kenel-level code because the os won't let you.
You might try one of these ioctl functions
You might try one of these ioctl functions
Last edited by Ancient Dragon; Dec 29th, 2007 at 1:39 pm.
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Im am using XP with NTFS formatted hdd. I know that norton disk edit allows you to gain access to the hdd and ammend values directly to the hdd. Using c++ theres now way to view the hdd in hex for example then change values?
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I don't know how Norton does it -- see some of the google links I previous posted (maybe you read my post before I added those links)
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