FormatStore

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function performs the equivalent of a clean format of the storage volume. This removes all partition information in the store.

Syntax

BOOL WINAPI FormatStore(
  HANDLE hStore
);

Parameters

  • hStore
    [in] Handle to the store returned by the OpenStore function.

Return Value

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates.

Remarks

This function writes a new master boot record to sector zero of the storage device, which deletes all existing partitions. However, this function does not write a file system format.

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
OpenStore

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