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How to make the image file of the disk?
I want to write a program to make a image file of a disk, but I do not know what's the basal knowledge I have to learn...

Is there any criterion and  Standardization I should to learn?

Thanks...
Posted on 2005-12-07 22:09:14 by Eric4ever
Re: How to make the image file of the disk?
Do you want a RAW image or just the files with directory structure? If the latter one, then you can just load & pack all the files into some kind of an archive.
Posted on 2005-12-07 22:37:36 by ti_mo_n
Re: How to make the image file of the disk?
the latter, just like the .img, .dat, .iso files...

how to actualize it? Do I need know the .img, .iso file structures?
Posted on 2005-12-08 01:50:33 by Eric4ever
Re: How to make the image file of the disk?
On NT systems, simply look up the "special" filenames you can open with CreateFile, namely \\.\x: and \\.\PHYSICALDRIVEx . You'll need to get disk/partition size somewhere, though.

The format you choose to backup to will be your own headache.
Posted on 2005-12-08 07:14:39 by f0dder