FormatPartition
A version of this page is also available for
4/8/2010
This function formats the partition with the default file system of the loaded partition driver.
Syntax
BOOL WINAPI FormatPartition(
HANDLE hPartition
);
Parameters
- hPartition
[in] Handle to the partition returned by the OpenPartition function.
Return Value
TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.
Remarks
This function erases sector zero of a specified partition. 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