SET_PARTITION_INFORMATION

The SET_PARTITION_INFORMATION structure provides information used to set a disk partition's type.

typedef struct _SET_PARTITION_INFORMATION { 
   BYTE PartitionType; 
} SET_PARTITION_INFORMATION ; 
 

Members

PartitionType

Specifies the type of partition. This member can be one of the following values:

Value	Meaning
PARTITION_ENTRY_UNUSED	Entry unused.
PARTITION_FAT_12	Specifies a partition with 12-bit FAT entries.
PARTITION_XENIX_1	Specifies a Xenix type 1 partition.
PARTITION_XENIX_2	Specifies a Xenix type 2 partition.
PARTITION_FAT_16	Specifies a partition with 16-bit FAT entries.
PARTITION_EXTENDED	Specifies an extended partition entry.
PARTITION_HUGE	Specifies an MS-DOS V4 huge partition.
PARTITION_IFS	Specifies an IFS partition.
PARTITION_UNIX	Specifies a UNIX partition.
VALID_NTFT	Specifies an NTFT partition.
PARTITION_XINT13	Windows 95 and Windows 98: Specifies a partition that uses extended int13 services.
PARTITION_XINT13_EXTENDED	Windows 95 and Windows 98: Same as PARTITION_EXTENDED, but uses extended int13 services.

Remarks

The DeviceIoControl function uses a SET_PARTITION_INFORMATION structure as input to an IOCTL_DISK_SET_PARTITION_INFO device input and output control operation.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Unsupported.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winioctl.h.

See Also

Device Input and Output Overview, Device Input and Output Structures, DeviceIoControl, IOCTL_DISK_GET_PARTITION_INFO, IOCTL_DISK_SET_PARTITION_INFO, PARTITION_INFORMATION