FormatPartitionEx (Windows CE 5.0)
This function formats the partition with the default file system of the loaded partition driver.
BOOL WINAPI FormatPartitionEx(HANDLE hPartition,BYTE bPartType,BOOL bAuto);
Parameters
- hPartition
[in] Handle to the partition returned from OpenPartition. - bPartType
[in] Partition type. For more information on partition types, see Partition Manager. - bAuto
[in] When this flag is set, bPartType is ignored and the partition driver is allowed to generate the appropriate partition type for the default file system type that it supports. A file allocation table (FAT) file system selects a partition type based on the number of sectors in this partition, which can be FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32.
Return Values
Returns TRUE if successful, otherwise FALSE.
Remarks
A partition must have already been created using CreatePartition before it can be formatted using FormatPartitionEx.
FormatPartitionEx erases sector zero of a specified partition, and updates the partition type in the Master Boot Record; it does not actually write a file system format such as FATFS. To write a file system format, call FormatVolume.
Requirements
OS Versions: Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later.
Header: Storemgr.h
Link Library: Storeapi.lib
See Also
OpenPartition | Partition Manager | Storage Manager Functions
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