You can simplify your error handling. This: 

  DeviceIoControl($fh,
    FSCTL_GET_RETRIEVAL_POINTERS,
    $inBuf,length($inBuf),
    $outBuf,length($outBuf),
    $dwBytesReturned,
    []);
 my $error = Win32::GetLastError();
  print "error-no: $error\n";
  warn "DeviceIoControl->Call: ", Win32::FormatMessage($error) if ($er
+ror);

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can be replaced by: 

DeviceIoControl($fh,
    FSCTL_GET_RETRIEVAL_POINTERS,
    $inBuf,length($inBuf),
    $outBuf,length($outBuf),
    $dwBytesReturned,
    []
) or warn sprintf "DeviceIOControl failed with (%d) '%s'\n", $^E, $^E;

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In reply to Re^4: From File to at Sectors on harddrive (Windows) by BrowserUk
in thread From File to at Sectors on harddrive (Windows) by Ace128

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