copyright:
(c) 2004, Vitaliy Vorobyev aka DeathSoft


description:
 unix like /dev/zero implementation for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003


usage:
 dd if=\\.\zero of=file_name count=nn
 where <file_name> is destination file name <nn> is block count
 dd.exe utility is taken from cygwin


build:
1) if you have Intel C compiler:
 set BASEDIR environment variable to point to NT4 DDK
 place ntifs.h to any location specified in INCLUDE environment variable
 run nt4.cmd
2) if you have no Intel C compiler:
 set BASEDIR environment variable to point to NT4 DDK
 place ntifs.h to any location specified in INCLUDE environment variable or
   set BASEDIR2K environment variable to point to Win2000 DDK
 run nmake /f zero.mak


install:
Note: these methods will install zero.sys driver with Automatic startup mode
1)
 copy zero.sys to %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers
 import zero.reg
 reboot
 Note: HW profiles will not work for this driver
2)
 run install.bat
 Note: you will need instdrv.exe in curent directory or at any other location
   specified in PATH environment variable. You can build this utility from
   NT4 DDK \src\general\instdrv\exe or download its compiled copy and
   Visual C 6.0 project from http://www.alter.org.ua/soft/win/drv_inst
