Visual Studio - How to access HW status such as "drive ready" from within C++ console appli

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How to access HW status such as "drive ready" from within C++ console appli

David F

2004-04-30, 5:12 am

I am developing using Visual Studio .NET 2003 / C++.

Are there direct system calls or at least direct execution of
VBScripts(/JScript) etc., to find out statuses such as "drive ready", "Is
media writeable", etc.?

The same subject question for Windows 2000 applications.

By direct I mean as oppose to external execution because I can always of
course call to execute a script through the system(command_line), directing
its result to a file, then read the file and scan it for the proper answer
but this is of course ugly, awkward and I assume/hope unnecessary.

If possible, where do I get to read the specifications for it?

Thanks

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