DWORD BufferSize = TOTALBYTES;
    DWORD cbData;
    DWORD dwRet;

    PPERF_DATA_BLOCK PerfData = (PPERF_DATA_BLOCK) malloc( BufferSize );
    cbData = BufferSize;

    printf("\nRetrieving the data...");

    dwRet = RegQueryValueEx( HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA,
                             TEXT("Global"),
                             NULL,
                             NULL,
                             (LPBYTE) PerfData,
                             &cbData );