diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/Windows/util_windows.cpp b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/util_windows.cpp
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+/*
+ *  util_windows.cpp - Miscellaneous utilities for Win32
+ *
+ *  Basilisk II (C) 1997-2004 Christian Bauer
+ *
+ *  Windows platform specific code copyright (C) Lauri Pesonen
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#include "sysdeps.h"
+#include "util_windows.h"
+
+BOOL exists( const char *path )
+{
+	HFILE h;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	h = _lopen( path, OF_READ );
+	if(h != HFILE_ERROR) {
+		ret = true;
+		_lclose(h);
+	}
+	return(ret);
+}
+
+BOOL create_file( const char *path, DWORD size )
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	bool ok = false;
+
+	h = CreateFile( path,
+		GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
+		0, NULL, CREATE_NEW, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL
+	);
+	if(h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		if(size == 0) {
+			ok = true;
+		} else if(SetFilePointer( h, size, NULL, FILE_BEGIN) != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+			if(SetEndOfFile(h)) {
+				ok = true;
+				if(SetFilePointer( h, 0, NULL, FILE_BEGIN) != 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+					DWORD written, zeroed_size = min(1024*1024,size);
+					char *b = (char *)malloc(zeroed_size);
+					if(b) {
+						memset( b, 0, zeroed_size );
+						WriteFile( h, b, zeroed_size, &written, NULL );
+						free(b);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		CloseHandle(h);
+	}
+	if(!ok) DeleteFile(path);
+	return(ok);
+}
+
+int32 get_file_size( const char *path )
+{
+	HANDLE h;
+	DWORD size = 0;
+
+	h = CreateFile( path,
+		GENERIC_READ,
+		0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL
+	);
+	if(h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+		size = GetFileSize( h, NULL );
+		CloseHandle(h);
+	}
+	return(size);
+}
diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/Windows/util_windows.h b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/util_windows.h
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/BasiliskII/src/Windows/util_windows.h
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+/*
+ *  util_windows.h - Miscellaneous utilities for Win32
+ *
+ *  Basilisk II (C) 1997-2004 Christian Bauer
+ *
+ *  Windows platform specific code copyright (C) Lauri Pesonen
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _UTIL_WINDOWS_H
+#define _UTIL_WINDOWS_H
+
+BOOL exists( const char *path );
+int32 get_file_size( const char *path );
+BOOL create_file( const char *path, DWORD size );
+
+#endif // _UTIL_WINDOWS_H