Volume Management Functions
Functions used in volume management.
In this section
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| DefineDosDevice |
Defines, redefines, or deletes MS-DOS device names. |
| DeleteVolumeMountPoint |
Deletes a drive letter or mounted folder. |
| FindFirstVolume |
Retrieves the name of a volume on a computer. |
| FindFirstVolumeMountPoint |
Retrieves the name of a mounted folder on the specified volume. |
| FindNextVolume |
Continues a volume search started by a call to the FindFirstVolume function. |
| FindNextVolumeMountPoint |
Continues a mounted folder search started by a call to the FindFirstVolumeMountPoint function. |
| FindVolumeClose |
Closes the specified volume search handle. |
| FindVolumeMountPointClose |
Closes the specified mounted folder search handle. |
| GetDriveType |
Determines whether a disk drive is a removable, fixed, CD-ROM, RAM disk, or network drive. |
| GetLogicalDrives |
Retrieves a bitmask representing the currently available disk drives. |
| GetLogicalDriveStrings |
Fills a buffer with strings that specify valid drives in the system. |
| GetVolumeInformation |
Retrieves information about the file system and volume associated with the specified root directory. |
| GetVolumeInformationByHandleW |
Retrieves information about the file system and volume associated with the specified file. |
| GetVolumeNameForVolumeMountPoint |
Retrieves a volume GUID path for the volume that is associated with the specified volume mount point ( drive letter, volume GUID path, or mounted folder). |
| GetVolumePathName |
Retrieves the volume mount point where the specified path is mounted. |
| GetVolumePathNamesForVolumeName |
Retrieves a list of drive letters and mounted folder paths for the specified volume. |
| QueryDosDevice |
Retrieves information about MS-DOS device names. |
| SetVolumeLabel |
Sets the label of a file system volume. |
| SetVolumeMountPoint |
Associates a volume with a drive letter or a directory on another volume. |
The following functions are used with volume mount points (drive letters, volume GUID paths, and mounted folders).