FormatPartition (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

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.

To write a file system format, call FormatVolume.

Requirements

See Also

Tasks

Partitioning a Storage Volume

Reference

Storage Manager Functions
OpenPartition