This directory contains specifications and white papers with technical 
information about storage devices such as hard disk drives and 
CD technologies used with the Microsoft(r) Windows(tm) family 
of operating systems.
All documents are in Microsoft Word for Windows format 
when unzipped from the self-extracting file.

IOCTLAPI.EXE:
Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT SMART IOCTL API Specification
Version 1.1
Describes the API for an application to issue SMART commands to 
an IDE drive under Windows 95 and Windows NT(tm). Published by 
Microsoft Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation. 
(Download: 35K self-extracting zip file, 
published: February 1995) 

ATAMED.EXE:
Media Status Notification Support Specification, Version 1.02
Specifies, for ATA and ATAPI devices, the protocol for communicating 
when the user wants to eject the medium or has inserted a new medium. 
Published by Microsoft Corporation.  (Download: 27K self-extracting 
zip file, published: March 1996)