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- DI (Disk Information)
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- Description: Displays technical information about a disk drive. Includes
- device type, drive number, bytes per sector, sectors per
- cluster, number of file allocation (FAT) tables, bad clusters,
- etc.
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- Syntax: Version 4.0, 4.5: DI [(drive:)]
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- Parameters:
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- (drive:) The single-letter specifier (A:, B:, C:, etc.) for the drive
- you want to process. Follow the letter with a colon. The
- current drive is the default. If you are using a floppy disk
- drive, you must have a formatted disk in the drive to receive
- complete information.
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- Notes:
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- DI returns an encoded media descriptor value to describe the disk type. The
- following table lists and defines the values that are valid:
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- Hex value Meaning
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- F0 1.4-MB 31/2-inch floppy disk
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- F8 Hard disk (all types)
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- F9 1.2-MB 51/4-inch floppy disk or 720-KB 31/2-inch floppy
- disk
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- FD 360-KB 51/4-inch floppy disk
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- FE 160-KB 51/4-inch floppy disk
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- FF 320-KB 51/4-inch floppy disk
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- For the drive number, the utility returns 0 for drive A, 1 for drive B, and
- so on.
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