I’m about 4 years into learning driver development. I’ve built and tested several of the WDK samples, and have enjoyed the challenge. Recently I’ve successfully built and installed the minispy and scanner minifilter samples. What a difference in the developing/tesing cycle than some of the legacy filters aka (FileSpy). Over the past few months, I’ve been wanting to build the fastfat FSD sample, but I’m a bit confused about something. Since this is a file system that’s included with the OS, how do I install it? With no INF provided, do I write a custom INF? I realize that this may seem like a complete entry-level question regarding file system drivers for windows, but again, I’m somewhat new to the file system space. I read an article on a microsoft site that stated something like; “You can do a private build of the fastfat sample and use it as a replacement for the one that ships with the OS.” To me, that’s very vague. So again, my question is how would I go about installing that sample and replacing it with the one that’s already installed in the OS? I’m running Vista Service pack 2 currently.
Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.
I’m about 4 years into learning driver development. I’ve built and tested several of the WDK samples, and have enjoyed the challenge. Recently I’ve successfully built and installed the minispy and scanner minifilter samples. What a difference in the developing/tesing cycle than some of the legacy filters aka (FileSpy). Over the past few months, I’ve been wanting to build the fastfat FSD sample, but I’m a bit confused about something. Since this is a file system that’s included with the OS, how do I install it? With no INF provided, do I write a custom INF? I realize that this may seem like a complete entry-level question regarding file system drivers for windows, but again, I’m somewhat new to the file system space. I read an article on a microsoft site that stated something like; “You can do a private build of the fastfat sample and use it as a replacement for the one that ships with the OS.” To me, that’s very vague. So again, my question is how would I go about installing that sample and replacing it with the one that’s already installed in the OS? I’m running Vista Service pack 2 currently.
Any information or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Larry
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