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FormatPartition (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

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

See Also

Reference

Storage Manager Functions
OpenPartition