diff --git a/dlls/kernel/kernel32.spec b/dlls/kernel/kernel32.spec
index 61fb303898c..47d49376518 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel/kernel32.spec
+++ b/dlls/kernel/kernel32.spec
@@ -1147,7 +1147,6 @@
 @ cdecl DOSMEM_GetBlock(long ptr)
 @ cdecl DOSMEM_Init(long)
 @ cdecl DOSMEM_ResizeBlock(ptr long long)
-@ cdecl DRIVE_OpenDevice(long long)
 @ cdecl FILE_Dup2(long long)
 @ cdecl LOCAL_Alloc(long long long)
 @ cdecl LOCAL_Compact(long long long)
diff --git a/dlls/winedos/int13.c b/dlls/winedos/int13.c
index cde64a92982..cf5f1cc515f 100644
--- a/dlls/winedos/int13.c
+++ b/dlls/winedos/int13.c
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "dosexe.h"
+#include "wine/server.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
-#include "drive.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(int);
 
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ static void INT13_ReadFloppyParams( CONTEXT86 *context )
     int floppy_fd;
     int r;
     struct floppy_drive_params floppy_parm;
-    char root[] = "A:\\";
+    WCHAR root[] = {'A',':','\\',0}, drive_root[] = {'\\','\\','.','\\','A',':',0};
+    HANDLE h;
 
     TRACE("in  [ EDX=%08lx ]\n", context->Edx );
 
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ static void INT13_ReadFloppyParams( CONTEXT86 *context )
     SET_DH( context, 0 );
 
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_DOS_DRIVES; i++, root[0]++)
-        if (GetDriveTypeA(root) == DRIVE_REMOVABLE) nr_of_drives++;
+        if (GetDriveTypeW(root) == DRIVE_REMOVABLE) nr_of_drives++;
     SET_DL( context, nr_of_drives );
 
     if (drive_nr > 1) { 
@@ -117,15 +118,20 @@ static void INT13_ReadFloppyParams( CONTEXT86 *context )
         return;
     }
 
-    if ( (floppy_fd = DRIVE_OpenDevice( drive_nr, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK)) == -1)
+    drive_root[4] = 'A' + drive_nr;
+    h = CreateFileW(drive_root, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+                    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+    if (h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE ||
+        wine_server_handle_to_fd(h, GENERIC_READ, &floppy_fd, NULL, NULL))
     {
         WARN("Can't determine floppy geometry !\n");
         INT13_SetStatus( context, 0x07 ); /* drive parameter activity failed */
         return;
     }
     r = ioctl(floppy_fd, FDGETDRVPRM, &floppy_parm);
- 
+
     close(floppy_fd);
+    CloseHandle(h);
 
     if(r<0)
     {
diff --git a/dlls/winedos/int25.c b/dlls/winedos/int25.c
index ae46c5eb160..22c454ba1a5 100644
--- a/dlls/winedos/int25.c
+++ b/dlls/winedos/int25.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #include "dosexe.h"
-#include "drive.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(int);
@@ -40,17 +39,22 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(int);
  */
 BOOL DOSVM_RawRead(BYTE drive, DWORD begin, DWORD nr_sect, BYTE *dataptr, BOOL fake_success)
 {    
-    int fd;
+    WCHAR root[] = {'\\','\\','.','\\','A',':',0};
+    HANDLE h;
 
-    if ((fd = DRIVE_OpenDevice( drive, O_RDONLY )) != -1)
+    root[4] += drive;
+    h = CreateFileW(root, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+                    FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, NULL);
+    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
-        lseek( fd, begin * 512, SEEK_SET );
+        SetFilePointer(h, begin * 512, NULL, SEEK_SET );
         /* FIXME: check errors */
-        read( fd, dataptr, nr_sect * 512 );
-        close( fd );
+        ReadFile(h, dataptr, nr_sect * 512, NULL, NULL );
+        CloseHandle(h);
     }
     else
     {
+        if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) CloseHandle(h);
         memset( dataptr, 0, nr_sect * 512 );
         if (fake_success)
         {
diff --git a/dlls/winedos/int26.c b/dlls/winedos/int26.c
index bdd58d699ba..ac66187f219 100644
--- a/dlls/winedos/int26.c
+++ b/dlls/winedos/int26.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 # include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 #include "dosexe.h"
-#include "drive.h"
 #include "wine/debug.h"
 
 WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(int);
@@ -39,14 +38,18 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(int);
  */
 BOOL DOSVM_RawWrite(BYTE drive, DWORD begin, DWORD nr_sect, BYTE *dataptr, BOOL fake_success)
 {
-    int fd;
+    WCHAR root[] = {'\\','\\','.','\\','A',':',0};
+    HANDLE h;
 
-    if ((fd = DRIVE_OpenDevice( drive, O_RDONLY )) != -1)
+    root[4] += drive;
+    h = CreateFileW(root, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
+                    0, NULL);
+    if (h != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
     {
-        lseek( fd, begin * 512, SEEK_SET );
+        SetFilePointer(h, begin * 512, NULL, SEEK_SET );
         /* FIXME: check errors */
-        write( fd, dataptr, nr_sect * 512 );
-        close( fd );
+        WriteFile( h, dataptr, nr_sect * 512, NULL, NULL );
+        CloseHandle( h );
     }
     else if (!fake_success)
         return FALSE;
diff --git a/files/drive.c b/files/drive.c
index 8ffbb37e60b..e2ff7f27f2f 100644
--- a/files/drive.c
+++ b/files/drive.c
@@ -1364,18 +1364,6 @@ BOOL WINAPI DefineDosDeviceW(DWORD flags,LPCWSTR devname,LPCWSTR targetpath)
 }
 
 
-/***********************************************************************
- *           DRIVE_OpenDevice
- *
- * Open the drive raw device and return a Unix fd (or -1 on error).
- */
-int DRIVE_OpenDevice( int drive, int flags )
-{
-    if (!DRIVE_IsValid( drive )) return -1;
-    return open( DOSDrives[drive].device, flags );
-}
-
-
 /***********************************************************************
  *           DRIVE_GetFreeSpace
  */
diff --git a/include/drive.h b/include/drive.h
index 8e7436859ad..2f0bec5db06 100644
--- a/include/drive.h
+++ b/include/drive.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ extern UINT DRIVE_GetFlags( int drive );
 extern int DRIVE_Chdir( int drive, LPCWSTR path );
 extern int DRIVE_Disable( int drive  );
 extern int DRIVE_Enable( int drive  );
-extern int DRIVE_OpenDevice( int drive, int flags );
 extern WCHAR *DRIVE_BuildEnv(void);
 
 #endif  /* __WINE_DRIVE_H */