On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 00:31:18 GMT, "jasper"
<sdf9g7sdf9g7@as9df7as9df7.com> wrote in comp.lang.c++:
[color=blue]
> hi,
>
> i am trying to make a very simple program that will just detect
> and output your currently connected IDE devices. It will look
> something like this:
>
> IDE PRIMARY MASTER:
> IDE PRIMARY SLAVE:
>
> IDE SECONDARY MASTER:
> IDE SECONDARY SLAVE:
>
> And it will just show you what you have connected.
> I have been researching for hours and hours for how to
> do this and I've come up with NOTHING!
>
> Is this even possible?
>
> I know what you're going to say, why do that when you
> can just see the same information in your BIOS when
> your computer boots up. I know I can do that, but
> I want a way to do it in windows.
>
> Any and all help you can give me (no matter how small), even
> a push in the right direction will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -jasper[/color]
There is no way at all to do this in standard C++, the topic of this
newsgroup. Try a Windows programming group like
news:comp.os.ms-windows.win32.programmer.
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