Thread: creating images with c++

  1. 08-03-2008 #1
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    creating images with c++

    hi, i just wanna see how people may go about achieving an idea for a program I have. So far my program looks as a disk and maps its partitions and so on giving the user a text based review of the hard disks structure and size of the partitons and that. However I was thinking last night that it may be kool (i know im probably sad!) but to display my hard drive information in an image form. I dont want to create something too snazzy to begin with as I dont even have a clue how to start! Is there ways to determine shape size based on variable sizes for example I have a hardrive and a 2 partitions on it 'E' and 'C'. If 'E' takes up 60% and 'C' 40% of the harddrive, is there a way to determine a shape size buy the size of the partitons?

    thanks any input would be appreciated
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    Well the first thing you need to do is make sure you have really good backups. You're going to be messing with the disk at quite a low level for some of this, and there won't be much of a safety net between you and "OMG, it's gone!".

    You could probably start by digging here
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms805469.aspx

    You can also read the physical disk (permissions permitting)
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...58(VS.85).aspx
    which may also help figure some other stuff out by following some of the links.

    Here's what's possible
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb896650.aspx
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