Partition Driver (Windows CE 5.0)
A partition driver interprets the partitions on a storage device for the Partition Manager. Windows CE supports multiple partition drivers, but only one driver can manage a given storage device.
A partition is defined as a logical division of a store. Windows CE supports multiple partitions each having the same or different file systems associated with it. The Partition Manager calls the partition driver. The dynamic-link library (DLL) is MSPart.dll and it exports several application programming interfaces (APIs). Custom partition drivers may be written as long as they support the same APIs as MSPart.dll. Adding a "PartitionDriver"="MyPart.dll" entry in the Profile overrides the default.
The following table shows the partition driver functions.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| PD_ClosePartition | Closes the partition from I/O operation. |
| PD_CloseStore | Closes the storage volume. |
| PD_CreatePartition | Creates a partition on the store volume. |
| PD_DeletePartition | Deletes a partition on the storage volume. |
| PD_DeviceIoControl | Sends a control code directly to a specified device driver, causing the corresponding device to perform the specified operation. |
| PD_FindPartitionClose | Closes the search handle for partition enumeration. |
| PD_FindPartitionNext | Retries the partition information for the next partition in the enumeration. PD_FindPartitionNext called after a call to PD_FindPartitionStart will get the first partition. |
| PD_FindPartitionStart | Starts the partition enumeration. |
| PD_FormatPartition | Formats a partition on the storage volume. |
| PD_FormatStore | Formats the storage volume. |
| PD_GetPartitionInfo | Gets the attributes for a given partition. |
| PD_GetStoreInfo | Gets the storage volume information from the partition driver. |
| PD_IsStoreFormatted | Queries to see if the storage volume has been formatted. |
| PD_OpenPartition | Opens the partition to perform I/O operations. |
| PD_OpenStore | Opens the storage volume. |
| PD_RenamePartition | Renames a partition on the storage volume. |
| PD_SetPartitionAttrs | Sets the attributes for a given partition. |
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