IMDSPStorageGlobals Interface (deprecated)

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This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

This topic documents a feature of the Windows Media Device Manager SDK. We recommend that you migrate your application to use the Windows Portable Devices API. For more information, see the Windows Portable Devices SDK.

The IMDSPStorageGlobals interface, acquired from the IMDSPStorage interface, provides methods for retrieving global information about a storage medium. This might include the amount of free space, serial number of the medium, and so on.

In addition to the methods inherited from IUnknown, the IMDSPStorageGlobals interface exposes the following methods.

Method Description
GetCapabilities Retrieves the capabilities of the storage medium that an instance of this interface is associated with.
GetDevice Retrieves a pointer to the device with which this interface is associated.
GetRootStorage Retrieves a pointer to the IMDSPStorage interface for the root storage of the storage medium.
GetSerialNumber Retrieves a serial number uniquely identifying the storage medium.
GetStatus Retrieves the current status of the storage medium.
GetTotalBad Retrieves the total amount of unusable space on the storage medium, in bytes.
GetTotalFree Retrieves the total free space on the storage medium, in bytes.
GetTotalSize Retrieves the total size of the storage medium, in bytes.
Initialize Formats the storage medium.

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