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RawDisk™ - Direct access to disks and protected files from user-mode applications in Windows

RawDisk library provides direct access to files, disks and partitions of the disks (hard drives, flash disks etc.) for user-mode applications, bypassing security limitations of Windows® operating systems.
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Technical Specification

Description

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 7, Vista and XP operating systems. Windows 7 and Windows Vista don't allow you to access the disks from user-mode processes at all. Windows XP prevents your from using raw access to disks if the application is run under restricted (non-administrative) account. All systems won't let you open the file, if it's exclusively opened by another application or if security settings (permissions) don't let you access the file.

RawDisk™ effectively solves this problem by providing a kernel-mode driver for use with your applications. Using this driver you can read and write the data from/to the disk or opened files without any restrictions. Also you can delete a locked or in other way inaccessible file. All you need to do is add two extra function calls to your application.

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Supported platforms

  • Windows:
    • Windows 2008 Server R2 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
    • Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
    • Windows 2008 Server (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
    • Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
    • Windows 2003 Server (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
    • Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit AMD64 and 64-bit Itanium)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework on Windows:
    • .NET 4.0 (32-bit, 64-bit x64 and Itanium)
    • .NET 3.5 (32-bit, 64-bit x64 and Itanium)
    • .NET 3.0 (32-bit, 64-bit x64 and Itanium)
    • .NET 2.0 (32-bit, 64-bit x64 and Itanium)

Development tools

  • .NET API:
    • Visual Studio 2010
    • Visual Studio 2008
    • Visual Studio 2005
    • CodeGear Prism
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
    • Delphi 2007
  • C++ API:
    • Visual Studio 2010
    • Visual Studio 2008
    • Visual Studio 2005
    • Visual Studio.NET 2003
    • Visual Studio 6 / Visual C++ 6
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2010
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2009
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
    • C++Builder 2010
    • C++Builder 2009
    • C++Builder 2007
    • C++Builder 6
    • C++Builder 5
  • VCL API (VCL units are linked into the application without any external DLLs):
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2010
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2009
    • CodeGear RAD Studio 2007
    • Delphi 2010
    • Delphi 2009
    • Delphi 2007
    • Delphi 2006
    • Delphi 2005
    • Delphi 7
    • Delphi 6
    • Delphi 5
    • C++Builder 2010
    • C++Builder 2009
    • C++Builder 2007
    • C++Builder 6
    • C++Builder 5

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To request more details please use our feedback form or Web-based Helpdesk system.

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Latest version

2.1.24
Released 11 August 2010

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