I get error while calling DeviceIoControl Function to read the MBR of a removable device. The error code is 5. That means access denied! I am using windows xp sp2.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <winioctl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
BOOL GetMBR(PARTITION_INFORMATION *pdg)
{
HANDLE hDevice; // handle to the drive to be examined
BOOL bResult; // results flag
DWORD junk; // discard results
hDevice = CreateFile(TEXT("\\\\.\\G:"), // drive to open
0, // no access to the drive
FILE_SHARE_READ | // share mode
FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
NULL, // default security attributes
OPEN_EXISTING, // disposition
0, // file attributes
NULL // do not copy file attributes
);
if (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) // cannot open the drive
{
printf("CreateFile() failed!\n");
return (FALSE);
}
bResult = DeviceIoControl(
hDevice, // device to be queried
IOCTL_DISK_GET_PARTITION_INFO, // operation to perform
NULL, 0, // no input buffer
pdg, sizeof(*pdg), // output buffer
&junk, // # bytes returned
(LPOVERLAPPED) NULL // synchronous I/O
);
CloseHandle(hDevice);
return (bResult);
}
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
PARTITION_INFORMATION pdg; // disk drive geometry structure
BOOL bResult; // generic results flag
ULONGLONG DiskSize; // size of the drive, in bytes
bResult = GetMBR(&pdg);
if (bResult)
{
}
else
{
printf ("GetDriveGeometry() failed. Error %ld.\n", GetLastError ());
}
getchar();
return ((int)bResult);
}