Re: Drive List

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I am trying to boot from a "DOS" disk and then show what drives the DOS disk
sees.

EX:
DRIVES AVAILABLE
C:
D:

Thanks
 
I am trying to boot from a "DOS" disk and then show what drives the DOS disk
sees.
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Boot DOS and try this:

IF EXIST c:\. echo Drive C: is present

if this works you have to create a batch file like

REM ===chkdrv.bat===
@echo off
cls
IF EXIST c:\. echo Drive C: is present
IF EXIST d:\. echo Drive D: is present
IF EXIST e:\. echo Drive E: is present
IF EXIST f:\. echo Drive F: is present
IF EXIST g:\. echo Drive G: is present
REM ===EOF===

You won't be able to detect NTFS drives. You may want to download
NTFS4dos from www.sysinternals.com

Ciao, Walter
 
Thanks I will give that a try. I was looking for something like a port of
the unix DF command but was not finding anything. Just goes to show that
the best approach is K.I.S.S.


Thanks.

Gregory
 
Test said:
I am trying to boot from a "DOS" disk and then show what drives the DOS disk
sees.

EX:
DRIVES AVAILABLE
C:
D:

Thanks
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Hello Test?,

I have a quite old Utility from Ziff that does exactly that.

Here is an example Output

E:\>drives

Drives.com
(c) 1988 Ziff Communications
Valid drives are A: C: D: E: F: K: L: N: S: T: U:

E:\>

The program runs even in w2k xp. It has the enormous size of 186 bytes.

I don't know where you can legally get it.

Via Google you will find some assembly language/Pascal examples.

hth
Matthias

PS: I found the origin of the program. It was included in the book
Dos Power Tools from PC Magazine 1988
 
Test said:
Thanks I will give that a try. I was looking for something like a port of
the unix DF command but was not finding anything. Just goes to show that
the best approach is K.I.S.S.
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16 or 32 bit app? This one is 32bit.
http://paulsadowski.com/scripts/download.asp?fn=df.exe

usage: df [-c -b -f|-F -r|-R -w|-W [drive ...]

-f : include floppy disks
-F : do only floppy disks
-c : include CD-ROMs
-r : exclude remote disks
-R : do only remote disks
-b : (bare display) no header or footer or totals
-w : display output in a Windows Messagebox
 
Here is an example Output

E:\>drives

Drives.com
(c) 1988 Ziff Communications
Valid drives are A: C: D: E: F: K: L: N: S: T: U:

E:\>

The program runs even in w2k xp. It has the enormous size of 186 bytes.
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The Mount/\Command ".ListCD" lists the current drive and directory of all
accessible local and mapped drive letters. The Mt/\Cmd ".ListAvail"
displays all available (unused and unmapped) drive letters.

..ListCD 58 bytes
..ListAvail 72 bytes
----------
130 bytes

*******

From a command prompt inside NT/2K/XP/K3:

C:\GuardPost>. listcd
C:\GuardPost
D:\
E:\
F:\
Q:\
R:\Office_2003_Beta_2
S:\
T:\
W:\
X:\
Z:\

C:\GuardPost>. listavail
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
U
V
Y

*******
For color-keyed examples, see
(http://TheSystemGuard.com/MtCmds/ListValue/ListCD.htm)
(http://TheSystemGuard.com/MtCmds/ListValue/ListAvail.htm)

*******

Notes:

1. .Mount/\Commands are constructed using ONLY builtin
commands common to all four platforms (NT/2K/XP/K3).
2. .M/\C's are NOT case sensitive. Mixed case is used
for Visual Clarity only.
3. The (FREE) Advanced NT/2K/XP Command Library (ntlib.cmd)
provides over 50 sample Mount/\Commands to assist with
writing and documenting RELIABLE cross-platform scripts.
You can obtain it at http://ntlib.com.

*******

-tsg
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Mark V said:
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You definitly are right. I thought i got rid of guards postings after
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In germany where I come from, i could take some legal action, but as far
as I know there are only some states preparing laws against spammers
of this type.

I am in no way interested in the so called products of guard. And since
plonking ins't enough I mention it here. I feel I am not alone with
my opinion.

Sorry for this off topic posting, but i had to get rid of it.
 
Ritchie said:
How does that help anyone booting from DOS?
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The response was directed at the statement
The program runs even in w2k xp. It has the enormous size of 186 bytes.
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and not at the original poster's question.

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