Description

This reads a specified disk sector on a floppy disk in this case drive A .

Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <bios.h>

int main(void)
{
unsigned char buffer[512];

clrscr();
printf("Insert disk in the A: drive , then press any key.\n");
/*wait for keypress*/
getch();
if(absread(0,1,1,&buffer) != 0)
printf("Cannot read the A drive.\n");
else
printf("Drive A , Sector 1 read\n");

return 0;

}

Information

tested using Turbo C and Windows 98 , DOS .

Download

absread.txt