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   Rick Rothstein to All   
   Re: Find hard drive location that file i   
   28 Mar 06 15:06:31   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual   
   From: rickNOSPAMnews@NOSPAMcomcast.net   
      
   > Is there a way for VB5 to determine exactly where on a hard drive a .exe   
   > file is stored upon the .exe file's first copying to the hard drive? What   
   > I need to know is the exact hard drive sector, cluster, partition, etc.   
   > information so I can use it later on to determine if the file was ever   
   > deleted and restored or moved elsewhere.   
      
   Do you mean "moved" like in what happens when a person regularly defragments   
   his/her hard drive?   
      
   Rick   
      
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