Block-level CD-ROM access

20 Aug 2006 6:43 PM

Scott Bell

Hello all,

Is there a method within the .NET Framework to access
a CD-ROM device at the block-level? (IE to create a raw
copy of a disc for archival purposes)

Thanks,

- Scott

21 Aug 2006 2:36 PM

Greg Young

You would need to use the imapi apis to do this .. if you google "C# imapi
wrapper" you will get a few hits .. I cannot speak on the quality of any of
these wrappers but they should atleast point you in the right direction.

Cheers,

Greg Young
MVP - C#
http://codebetter.com/blogs/gregyoung

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"Scott Bell" <seb***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> Is there a method within the .NET Framework to access
> a CD-ROM device at the block-level? (IE to create a raw
> copy of a disc for archival purposes)
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Scott
>

21 Aug 2006 5:09 PM

Scott Bell

Greg Young wrote:

> You would need to use the imapi apis to do this ..

Thanks for your reply Greg.

I am still having a hard time finding the applicable functions
within the IMAPI API, it seems to provide burning only. Am
I still missing something here? My goal is to extract an ISO
from a data CD-ROM.

- Scott