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                           INT 13,1 - Disk Status                           
                                                                                         AH = 01                                                                                                                                                           on return:                                                                       AL = status:                                                                                                                                             
        Status in AL                                                            
                                                                                            00  no error                                                                     01  bad command passed to driver                                                 02  address mark not found or bad sector                                         03  diskette write protect error                                                 04  sector not found                                                             05  fixed disk reset failed                                                      06  diskette changed or removed                                                  07  bad fixed disk parameter table                                               08  DMA overrun                                                                  09  DMA access across 64k boundary                                               0A  bad fixed disk sector flag                                                   0B  bad fixed disk cylinder                                                      0C  unsupported track/invalid media                                              0D  invalid number of sectors on fixed disk format                               0E  fixed disk controlled data address mark detected                             0F  fixed disk DMA arbitration level out of range                                10  ECC/CRC error on disk read                                                   11  recoverable fixed disk data error, data fixed by ECC                         20  controller error (NEC for floppies)                                          40  seek failure                                                                 80  time out, drive not ready                                                    AA  fixed disk drive not ready                                                   BB  fixed disk undefined error                                                   CC  fixed disk write fault on selected drive                                     E0  fixed disk status error/Error reg = 0                                        FF  sense operation failed                                                                                                                                                                                                                      - codes represent controller status after last disk operation                    - returns the status byte located at 40:41 in the BIOS Data Area                                                                                                                                                                            
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