Platform SDK: Removable Storage Manager

SwapNtmsMedia

The SwapNtmsMedia function swaps the sides associated with the two specified LMIDs. The specified LMID's must be in the same media pool.

DWORD WINAPI SwapNtmsMedia(
  HANDLE hSession, 
  LPNTMS_GUID lpMediaId1,
  LPNTMS_GUID lpMediaId2
);

hSession: Handle to the session returned by the OpenNtmsSession function.
lpMediaId1: Specifies the unique identifier of a piece of logical media.
lpMediaId2: Specifies the unique identifier of a piece of logical media.

Value	Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	NTMS_MODIFY_ACCESS to either media's media pool is denied. Other security errors are also possible, but they would indicate a security subsystem error.
ERROR_BAD_FORMAT	No media label library recognizes the media label.
ERROR_DATABASE_FAILURE	The database is inaccessible or damaged.
ERROR_DATABASE_FULL	The database is full.
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE	The session handle is invalid or missing.
ERROR_INVALID_MEDIA	At least one of the media IDs is invalid.
ERROR_INVALID_MEDIA_POOL	One or more media pools for the logical media are invalid.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	At least one media identifier is missing.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	An allocation failure occurred during processing.
ERROR_SUCCESS	The function was successful.

The SwapNtmsMedia function is used to update physical media without affecting the application.

The media for both LMIDs must not be in use for this function to succeed.

  Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows 2000.
  Header: Declared in Ntmsapi.h.
  Library: Use Ntmsapi.lib.