Does MC work independently from OS libraries and kernel?

Does the windows version of Midnight Commander (MC) work independently from Windows libraries? I mean does it have it's own way of reading data off the disk or is it using the OS's abilities? If it's not independent 开发者_如何学运维do you know of any file manager that is? (Is it possible?)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Only the windows kernel, and device drivers, can access the disks directly; all user mode programs must use the windows API (e.g. FindFirstFile).

Do you want MC to access the HDD controller directly? If no, you'll deal with Windows file system driver stack no matter what file manager you use.