Thread: how do you access a floppy drive using c?..urgent please

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    Red face how do you access a floppy drive using c?..urgent please

    how do you access a floppy drive using c?
    that is find it's properties, copy to it..?
    which header file to be included ?

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    > how do you access a floppy drive using c?
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    Re: how do you access a floppy drive using c?..urgent please

    Originally posted by lijostin
    how do you access a floppy drive using c?
    that is find it's properties, copy to it..?
    which header file to be included ?
    Just the same as any other drive, I believe.
    When all else fails, read the instructions.
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    Well there are a couple of ways. These are not in any particular order.

    • Use the BIOS functions via interrupt.
    • Use the biosdisk function which calls the BIOS for low level reads/writes.
    • Use the huge I/O library that comes with C.
    • Have DOS read from the disk via int 21h functions - and there are a a bunch of them.

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