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FormatPartition

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

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

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