Storage Manager Loading Process (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The following steps show how Storage Manager loads a block device:

1. Device Manager loads the block driver.
2. The device sends an attach notification using the GUID from the registry.
3. Storage Manager recognizes the GUID and requests the profile information from the block driver.
4. Storage Manager looks up the profile information for the device and loads the appropriate partition driver.
5. Storage Manager enumerates the partitions.
6. Storage Manager loads the file system drivers (FSDs), based on the partition type.
7. Storage Manager keeps loading FSDs until all partitions are loaded.

The following illustration shows the how Storage Manager loads block devices.

See Also

Concepts

Storage Management
File System Filters
Partition Driver
Partition Manager
Storage Manager Architecture

Other Resources

Device Manager