mmm, unfortunately trying to make as painfree an experience in TC for a non-linux user (No other distro I'm aware of aside from puppy (which I do not enjoy using) can handle the hardware), and need to be finished by about midday today - TC has proven to be the quickest place to get answers, assuming somebody else has already run into my problem or a similar one.
I was aware of /proc but it's not quite appropriate for my uses this time around. Thanks anyway =)