Name and number of partitions on a hard drive

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In windows programming, how can we find out the number of partitions and the name of each partition on the hard drive?

Have a look at: http://stackoverflow.com/q/286534/1250303. – Java42 Mar 15 '12 at 14:36 — Java42, Mar 15 '12 at 14:36

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '12 at 14:34

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You can use the DeviceIoControl function with the IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT_EX contol code to get a list of partitions.

answered Mar 15 '12 at 14:34

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Chibueze Opata · Answer 2 · 2012-03-15T14:53:05.827

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There's a very good article on how to do this at MSDN. It utilizes the GetLogicalDrives, GetLogicalDriveStrings, GetDriveType, and GetVolumeInformation functions. You can download the source from here.

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answered Mar 15 '12 at 14:47

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Name and number of partitions on a hard drive

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