Is it possible to get writing access to raw devices using python with windows?

Question

This is sort of a follow-up to this question. I want to know if you can access raw devices (i.e. \\\\.\\PhysicalDriveN) in writing mode and if this should be th

Answer 1

Possibly in Win 7 you have to do something more extreme, such as locking the volume(s) for the disk beforehand with DeviceIoControl(hVol, FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME, ...)

In Win 7 you don't have to do that; opening and writing with 'rb+' mode works fine.