RE: [GD-Windows] retrieving the cluster size on xp
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RE: [GD-Windows] retrieving the cluster size on xp
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From: Simon O'C. <si...@sc...> - 2004-03-13 22:05:46
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Hi Tweety, GetDiskFreeSpace() is supported on Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows Server 2003... My comments about 9x were just addressing your preference for a portable method. Cheers, Simon O'Connor Programmer @ Acclaim & Microsoft DirectX MVP > -----Original Message----- > From: gam...@li... > [mailto:gam...@li...] On > Behalf Of tweety > Sent: 13 March 2004 21:55 > To: gam...@li... > Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] retrieving the cluster size on xp > > I specified in the subject that I'm interested in finding out > the cluster size (it's not a hint, but not partitionmagic, > I'm just trying to find out the waste of space on my drive) > on *xp*, not 9x/me. And I'd really, REALLY, REEEALY preffer > not to go to the ddk... > > ---------------------------------- > Peace and love, > Tweety > mi...@sy... - twe...@us... > YahooID: tweety_04_01 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: gam...@li... > [mailto:gam...@li...] On > Behalf Of Simon O'Connor > Sent: March 13, 2004 4:42 PM > To: gam...@li... > Subject: RE: [GD-Windows] retrieving the cluster size on xp > > > Hi Tweety, > > > You can use GetDiskFreeSpace() to find the number of sectors > per cluster and the number of bytes per sector so simply > multiply them to find the size of a cluster. > > > The docs for GetDiskFreeSpace() do mention that the returned > sectors per cluster value can be inaccurate under Windows > 9x/ME for drives with more than 64 sectors per cluster (the > 80Gb drive in this machine only has 8 per cluster so it might > be a fairly unusual case). > > This is probably only an issue for you if your application > needs to use this for something more than a "hint" (e.g. if > you're writing something like PartitionMagic etc). If you do > need the totally accurate value, you could obtain the DDK and > take a look at the Win9x/Me specific FS_GetDiskInfo() function. > > > Cheers, > > Simon O'Connor > Programmer @ Acclaim > & Microsoft DirectX MVP > > > ________________________________ > > From: gam...@li... > [mailto:gam...@li...] On > Behalf Of tweety > Sent: 11 March 2004 23:39 > To: gam...@li... > Subject: [GD-Windows] retrieving the cluster size on xp > > > Can someone please tell me how to get the cluster > allocation size in windowsxp? of course, a portable way is > the best, but just 2000/xp is fine. > i searched the internet far and wide and all i could find is > how to find it on fat16/12 partitions and on w95/98/xp. i > looked at deviceiocontrol's functions, but none seems to > return the cluster size or something that i could use... can > you tell me? > > ---------------------------------- > Peace and love, > Tweety > mi...@sy... - twe...@us... > YahooID: tweety_04_01 > > > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: > 26/02/2004 > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 26/02/2004 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free > Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO > of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to > system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Gamedevlists-windows mailing list > Gam...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gamedevlists-windows > Archives: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=555 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free > Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO > of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to > system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Gamedevlists-windows mailing list > Gam...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gamedevlists-windows > Archives: > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=555 > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 26/02/2004 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 26/02/2004 |
