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Sent: 02 December 2008 15:52
To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
Subject: AdminMisc and hard drive recognition

> Hi, list. 
> 
> My PC has two physical hard drives. I'm trying to use Win32::AdminMisc
to read the individual sizes and 
> cylinder, sector, and head counts for them. Unfortunately, I can't
seem to find info on this module. Is there 
> some way to get code to recognize that there are two physical drives
present and report them separately? Is 
> there some way to get actual values for C/H/S? Or am I just wasting
your time again? 
> 
> I've got working code that assumes (yes, I know) that a workstation
will have only one physical drive and 
> reports the two as being "logical drives" (partitions, I'm guessing?).
I'd rather not post it at this time. 
> BUT, I'm not asking you folks to write the code for me, just a pointer
in the right direction...that direction > being information on
Win32_AdminMisc. 

> I've looked on MSDN, but its index goes right from Win32_ActiveRoute
to Win32_AllocatedResource, Win32
> _AdminMisc should be right between them, shouldn't it? Or am I looking
up the wrong tree? 

I came across this one recently...

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=WIn32%3A%3AAdminMisc

... well, it amused me for a few seconds.

-- 
Brian Raven 

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