哪种方法更好？

Question

I am using an import to open a connected physical hard-drive:

var sfh = Imports.CreateFile(Path, Imports.FileAccess.GenericAll, Imports.FileShare.None, IntPtr.Zero, Imports.CreationDisposition.OpenExisting, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
if (sfh.IsInvalid)
{
    Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Marshal.GetHRForLastWin32Error());
    return;
}
Geometry = Imports.GetGeometry(sfh);
var fs = new FileStream(sfh, FileAccess.ReadWrite, (int)Geometry.BytesPerSector, false);

That works fine, but instead of using FileStream, I was wondering if this would be a more efficient way to read bytes from the drive: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365467%28v=VS.85%29.aspx

Answer 1

Is speed and/or efficiency that important for you ?? because the difference is probably minor in this case...

It seems like the link you gave uses a WinAPI method. I would avoid using these were you don't necessarily have to since the .net GarbageCollector doesn't play well with Native resources, and you might suffer from memory leaks if you don't handle these correctly...