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IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK IOCTL (winioctl.h)

Initializes the specified disk and disk partition table using the information in the CREATE_DISK structure.

To perform this operation, call the DeviceIoControl function with the following parameters.

BOOL DeviceIoControl(
 (HANDLE) hDevice, // handle to device
 IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK, // dwIoControlCode
 (LPVOID) lpInBuffer, // input buffer
 (DWORD) nInBufferSize, // size of input buffer
 NULL, // lpOutBuffer
 0, // nOutBufferSize
 (LPDWORD) lpBytesReturned, // number of bytes returned
 (LPOVERLAPPED) lpOverlapped // OVERLAPPED structure
);

Remarks

When specifying a GUID partition table (GPT) as the PARTITION_STYLE of the CREATE_DISK structure, an application should wait for the MSR partition arrival before sending the IOCTL_DISK_SET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX control code. For more information about device notification, see RegisterDeviceNotification.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Header winioctl.h (include Windows.h)

See also

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