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The following table shows the copy external I/O controls.

I/O Control Description

FSCTL_COPY_EXTERNAL_COMPLETE

Called by the application to notify the operating system that the transfer is complete.

FSCTL_COPY_EXTERNAL_START

Called by the application to copy from or to an external device.

IOCTL_DISK_COPY_EXTERNAL_COMPLETE

Called by the file system to inform the block driver that the transfer is complete.

IOCTL_DISK_COPY_EXTERNAL_START

Called by the file system to inform the block driver which sectors correspond to a file. This allows data to be read from or written to a file directly on an external device.

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