XPost: comp.lang.basic.visual   
   From: erewhon@nowhere.uk   
      
   On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:11:30 -0800, "Otie"    
   wrote:   
      
   >>> What Rick asked was data being moved due to defrag not delete or   
   >reinstall.   
   >   
   >No, not defrag.   
   >   
   >>> If you want to detect delete and reinstall wouldn't   
   >checking the time and date be the easiest approach?   
   >   
   >It is not secure. Anyone can change the date and time back to whatever   
   >again.   
   >   
   >>> For the defrag, that gets tricky since you will need to get the file   
   >alocation table info.   
      
   >I think that's what I want. How do I access the FAT info? The system has to   
   >do it in order to find files in the first place. I just don't know if VB can   
   >do it.   
      
   What about drives that do not have a FAT format ?   
      
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