Disk Management Structures
The following list identifies the structures that are used in disk management.
In this section
| Structure | Description |
|---|---|
| CREATE_DISK |
Contains information that the IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK control code uses to initialize GUID partition table (GPT), master boot record (MBR), or raw disks. |
| CREATE_DISK_GPT |
Contains information used by the IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK control code to initialize GUID partition table (GPT) disks. |
| CREATE_DISK_MBR |
Contains information that the IOCTL_DISK_CREATE_DISK control code uses to initialize master boot record (MBR) disks. |
| DEVICE_COPY_OFFLOAD_DESCRIPTOR |
Contains the copy offload capabilities for a storage device. |
| DEVICE_LB_PROVISIONING_DESCRIPTOR |
Contains the thin provisioning capabilities for a storage device. |
| DEVICE_SEEK_PENALTY_DESCRIPTOR |
Used in conjunction with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request to retrieve the seek penalty descriptor data for a device. |
| DEVICE_TRIM_DESCRIPTOR |
Used in conjunction with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request to retrieve the trim descriptor data for a device. |
| DEVICE_WRITE_AGGREGATION_DESCRIPTOR |
Reserved for system use. |
| DEVICE_POWER_DESCRIPTOR |
The DEVICE_POWER_DESCRIPTOR structure describes the power capabilities of a storage device. |
| DISK_CACHE_INFORMATION |
Provides information about the disk cache. |
| DISK_CLUSTER_INFO |
Represents information maintained on the partition manager about a disk that is part of a cluster. |
| DISK_DETECTION_INFO |
Contains detected drive parameters. |
| DISK_EX_INT13_INFO |
Contains extended Int13 drive parameters. |
| DISK_EXTENT |
Represents a disk extent. |
| DISK_GEOMETRY |
Describes the geometry of disk devices and media. |
| DISK_GEOMETRY_EX |
Describes the extended geometry of disk devices and media. |
| DISK_GROW_PARTITION |
Contains information used to increase the size of a partition. |
| DISK_INT13_INFO |
Contains standard Int13 drive geometry parameters. |
| DISK_PARTITION_INFO |
Contains the disk partition information. |
| DISK_PERFORMANCE |
Provides disk performance information. |
| DISKQUOTA_USER_INFORMATION |
Represents the per-user quota information. |
| DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION |
Contains information about the partitions of a drive. |
| DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_EX |
Contains extended information about a drive's partitions. |
| DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_GPT |
Contains information about a drive's GUID partition table (GPT) partitions. |
| DRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION_MBR |
Provides information about a drive's master boot record (MBR) partitions. |
| FORMAT_PARAMETERS |
Contains information used in formatting a contiguous set of disk tracks. |
| FORMAT_EX_PARAMETERS |
Contains information used in formatting a contiguous set of disk tracks. It is used by the IOCTL_DISK_FORMAT_TRACKS_EX control code. |
| GET_DISK_ATTRIBUTES |
Contains the attributes of a disk device. |
| GET_LENGTH_INFORMATION |
Contains disk, volume, or partition length information used by the IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO control code. |
| PARTITION_INFORMATION |
Contains information about a disk partition. |
| PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX |
Contains partition information for standard AT-style master boot record (MBR) and Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) disks. |
| PARTITION_INFORMATION_GPT |
Contains GUID partition table (GPT) partition information. |
| PARTITION_INFORMATION_MBR |
Contains partition information specific to master boot record (MBR) disks. |
| REASSIGN_BLOCKS |
Contains disk block reassignment data. |
| REASSIGN_BLOCKS_EX |
Contains disk block reassignment data. |
| SET_DISK_ATTRIBUTES |
Specifies the attributes to be set on a disk device. |
| SET_PARTITION_INFORMATION |
Contains information used to set a disk partition's type. |
| STORAGE_ACCESS_ALIGNMENT_DESCRIPTOR |
Used in conjunction with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code to retrieve the storage access alignment descriptor data for a device. |
| STORAGE_ADAPTER_DESCRIPTOR |
Used with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code to retrieve the storage adapter descriptor data for a device. |
| STORAGE_DESCRIPTOR_HEADER |
Used in conjunction with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code to retrieve the properties of a storage device or adapter. |
| STORAGE_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTES_DESCRIPTOR |
Reserved for future use. |
| STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR |
Used in conjunction with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code to retrieve the storage device descriptor data for a device. |
| STORAGE_DEVICE_ID_DESCRIPTOR |
Used with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code request to retrieve the device ID descriptor data for a device. |
| STORAGE_DEVICE_IO_CAPABILITY_DESCRIPTOR |
The output buffer for the StorageDeviceIoCapabilityProperty as defined in STORAGE_PROPERTY_ID. |
| STORAGE_DEVICE_POWER_CAP |
This structure is used as an input and output buffer for the IOCTL_STORAGE_DEVICE_POWER_CAP. |
| STORAGE_DEVICE_RESILIENCY_DESCRIPTOR |
Reserved for system use. |
| STORAGE_HW_FIRMWARE_ACTIVATE |
This structure contains information about the downloaded firmware to activate. |
| STORAGE_HW_FIRMWARE_DOWNLOAD |
This structure contains a firmware image payload to be downloaded to the target. |
| STORAGE_HW_FIRMWARE_INFO |
This structure contains information about the device firmware. |
| STORAGE_HW_FIRMWARE_INFO_QUERY |
This structure contains information about the device firmware. |
| STORAGE_HW_FIRMWARE_SLOT_INFO |
This structure contains information about a slot on a device. |
| STORAGE_MEDIUM_PRODUCT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR |
Used in conjunction with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request to describe the product type of a storage device. |
| STORAGE_MINIPORT_DESCRIPTOR |
Reserved for system use. |
| STORAGE_PHYSICAL_ADAPTER_DATA |
Describes a physical storage adapter. |
| STORAGE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DATA |
Describes a physical storage device. |
| STORAGE_PHYSICAL_NODE_DATA |
Specifies the physical device data of a storage node. |
| STORAGE_PHYSICAL_TOPOLOGY_DESCRIPTOR |
The STORAGE_PHYSICAL_TOPOLOGY_DESCRIPTOR structure is one of the query result structures returned from an IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request. |
| STORAGE_PROPERTY_QUERY |
Indicates the properties of a storage device or adapter to retrieve as the input buffer passed to the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code. |
| STORAGE_PROTOCOL_ATA_DATA_TYPE |
The ATA protocol data type. |
| STORAGE_PROTOCOL_COMMAND |
This structure is used as an input buffer when using the pass-through mechanism to issue a vendor-specific command to a storage device (via IOCTL_STORAGE_PROTOCOL_COMMAND). |
| STORAGE_PROTOCOL_DATA_DESCRIPTOR |
This structure is used in conjunction with IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY to return protocol-specific data from a storage device or adapter. |
| STORAGE_PROTOCOL_NVME_DATA_TYPE |
Describes the type of NVMe protocol-specific data that's to be queried during an IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request. |
| STORAGE_PROTOCOL_SPECIFIC_DATA |
Describes protocol-specific device data, provided in the input and output buffer of an IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request. |
| STORAGE_SPEC_VERSION |
Storage specification version. |
| STORAGE_TEMPERATURE_DATA_DESCRIPTOR |
This structure is used in conjunction with IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY to return temperature data from a storage device or adapter. |
| STORAGE_TEMPERATURE_INFO |
Describes device temperature data. Returned as part of STORAGE_TEMPERATURE_DATA_DESCRIPTOR when querying for temperature data with an IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY request. |
| STORAGE_TEMPERATURE_THRESHOLD |
This structure is used to set the over or under temperature threshold of a storage device (via IOCTL_STORAGE_SET_TEMPERATURE_THRESHOLD). |
| STORAGE_WRITE_CACHE_PROPERTY |
Used with the IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY control code to retrieve information about a device's write cache property. |
| VERIFY_INFORMATION |
Contains information used to verify a disk extent. |
The following device input and output structures are obsolete:
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