If you create software, that needs direct access to the files or partitions of your disks (including hard drives and flash disks), you have probably faced the restrictions, imposed by Windows XP and later versions of Windows.

Windows XP prevents your from using raw access to disks if the application is run under restricted (non-administrative) account. Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 don't

Keywords: direct, raw, disk, file, access, locked, protected, inaccessible, read, write

Recent Changes: Windows 8 support
Functions to easily read and write disk sectors

Install Support: Install and Uninstall

Supported Languages: English

Additional Requirements: Not Established

PAD file URL: http://www.eldos.com/pads/rawdisk_pad.xml