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IOCTL_DISK_FORMAT_TRACKS_EX IOCTL (winioctl.h)

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Formats a specified, contiguous set of tracks on a floppy disk.

To perform this operation, call the DeviceIoControl function with the following parameters.

BOOL DeviceIoControl(
  (HANDLE) hDevice,             // handle to device
  IOCTL_DISK_FORMAT_TRACKS_EX,  // dwIoControlCode
  (LPVOID) lpInBuffer,          // input buffer 
  (DWORD) nInBufferSize,        // size of input buffer
  (LPVOID) lpOutBuffer,         // output buffer
  (DWORD) nOutBufferSize,       // size of output buffer
  (LPDWORD) lpBytesReturned,    // number of bytes returned
  (LPOVERLAPPED) lpOverlapped   // OVERLAPPED structure
);

Remarks

This device I/O control operation is for floppy disk devices only.

It is impossible to determine how many bad track numbers will be returned by this control code, so you should set the size of the array pointed to by the lpOutBuffer parameter to the following:

(total number of tracks on the floppy disk) * sizeof(BAD_TRACK_NUMBER)

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header winioctl.h (include Windows.h)

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