create and formatting a parititon

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How does one create and format a partition on a blank HDD
programmatically (preferably from a ring3 app)?

There are various IOCTLs such as IOCTL_DISK_SET_PARTITION_INFO, but I’m
not sure how one formats a disk. Also, we have looked at scripting
format.com and DiskPart.exe but these are un-ideal solutions.

Thanks much,

Daniel Nemiroff

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Take a look at http://www.sysinternals.com/SourceCode/fmifs.html

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Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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How does one create and format a partition on a blank HDD
programmatically (preferably from a ring3 app)?

There are various IOCTLs such as IOCTL_DISK_SET_PARTITION_INFO, but I’m
not sure how one formats a disk. Also, we have looked at scripting
format.com and DiskPart.exe but these are un-ideal solutions.

Thanks much,

Daniel Nemiroff

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FormatEx(). See http://www.sysinternals.com/SourceCode/fmifs.html

Best regards,

Michal Vodicka
UPEK, Inc.
[xxxxx@upek.com, http://www.upek.com]

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How does one create and format a partition on a blank HDD programmatically (preferably from a ring3 app)?

There are various IOCTLs such as IOCTL_DISK_SET_PARTITION_INFO, but I’m not sure how one formats a disk. Also, we have looked at scripting format.com and DiskPart.exe but these are un-ideal solutions.

Thanks much,

Daniel Nemiroff

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FormatEx(). See http://www.sysinternals.com/SourceCode/fmifs.html

Best regards,

Michal Vodicka
UPEK, Inc.
[xxxxx@upek.com, http://www.upek.com]

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How does one create and format a partition on a blank HDD
programmatically (preferably from a ring3 app)?

There are various IOCTLs such as IOCTL_DISK_SET_PARTITION_INFO, but
I’m not sure how one formats a disk. Also, we have looked at scripting
format.com and DiskPart.exe but these are un-ideal solutions.

Thanks much,

Daniel Nemiroff

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