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4/8/2010

This function formats the partition with the default file system of the loaded partition driver.

Syntax 

BOOL WINAPI FormatPartitionEx(
  HANDLE 
hPartition,
  BYTE 
bPartType,
  BOOL 
bAuto
);

Parameters

hPartition

[in] Handle to the partition returned by the OpenPartitionfunction.

bPartType

[in] Partition type.

bAuto

[in] When this flag is set, bPartTypeis ignored, and the partition driver generates the appropriate partition type for the default file system type. A file allocation table (FAT) file system selects a partition type based on the number of sectors in the partition, FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32.

Return Value

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.

Remarks

A partition must have already been created with the CreatePartitionfunction before it can be formatted using this function.

This function erases sector zero of a specified partition and updates the partition type in the master boot record. It does not write a file system format such as FATFS.

Requirements

Header storemgr.h
Library Storeapi.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE .NET 4.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Storage Manager Functions
OpenPartition

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