problem with int 13h extensiosn

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berber
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hi ...we're asked to use int 13h and extensions in our program of retrieveing th disk parameters.....the caracteristics of my bios are as follows :american megatrends INc 080014 ..29/05/2007 ....version of smbios 2.5....now when i check the existence of the int13 extension , the carry flag is set ....they don't exist .. what do i have to do ....dowload them ....please help me ....thank u
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Please share some of the code where you call int13h
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don't EVER use bios functions. they differ from system to system (bios versions, bios cores and so on) and they tend to report wrong sizes due to buffer overflows. check the ata/atapi specs for standardisized drive querying algorithms.

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