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Is it possible to read a disk directly with .NET? By directly, I mean via the device bypassing the file system. I think I would go about this by opening the device some way "\Device\Ide\IdeDeviceP2T0L0-1" for example.
If I can’t open the device with a .NET API, knowing which Win32 API to use would be helpful.
CreateFile has support for direct disk access. Read the notes under ‘Physical Disks and Volumes’. You should be able to P/Invoke the call.
Note that Vista and Server 2008 have severely restricted this.