[D5|NT4+|Winapi] IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT and DeviceIoControl

Something wrong with declaration of IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT in Delphi5. Do you have an idea what is IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT equal to (is it 11? I don't remeber;).

Cheers,
Igor.

PS: I have some demo code, but can't compile it :(

I would say it's not declared at all.

two links on msdn would be http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/psdk/winbase/devio_2eb6.htm
and

http://msdn.microsoft.com/isapi/msdnlib.idc?theURL=/library/psdk/winbase/devio_69yq.htm

thanks for helping

Hi jeurk,

The code bellow, I hope, is what you want.


const
 IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT = 475148; // 7400C (hex).

type

 TPARTITION_INFORMATION = packed record
    StartingOffset  : LARGE_INTEGER ;
    PartitionLength : LARGE_INTEGER ;
    HiddenSectors   : DWORD;
    PartitionNumber : DWORD;
    PartitionType   : BYTE;
    BootIndicator   : BOOLEAN ;
    RecognizedPartition : BOOLEAN;
    RewritePartition    : BOOLEAN;
 end;

 TDRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION = packed record
   PartitionCount : DWORD;
   Signature      : DWORD;
   PartitionEntry : array[0..31] of TPARTITION_INFORMATION;
 end;

procedure TForm1.SpeedButton1Click(Sender: TObject);
var HNDL : integer; // hDevice
    INF  : TDRIVE_LAYOUT_INFORMATION;
    RET  : cardinal;  // only for compatibilty
    OVR  : TOverlapped; // only for compatibilty
begin
    FillChar(INF,SizeOf(INF),0); // clean input buffer
    RET:=0; // recived bytes counter
   
//
// "\\.\PHYSICALDRIVEx" - your phisical drive number = x.
// 0 - first, 1-second end so on...
//
HNDL:=CreateFile('\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0',FILE_SHARE_WRITE,0,nil,OPEN_EXISTING,0,0);
    if HNDL > 0 then
    if DeviceIOControl(HNDL,IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT,nil,0,@INF,SizeOf(INF),RET,@OVR) then
    begin
//
// do something here.
//
// You can read INF.PartitionCount
// INF.PartitionEntry[0..31] - detailed info about every partition.
//
//
    end;
end;


Cheers,
Igor.

I'll try this out...

If something wrong, just let me know.

Regards,
Igor.

something is wrong ;) I'll tell you in a minute

I get 'an acces denied' for the DeviceIOControl...
Is this working for you ?

do i need to be administrator under my computer ? with NT ?

Yes, you need. Text bellow is from Delphi help:

Disk Devices
Windows NT: You can use the CreateFile function to open a disk drive or a partition on a disk drive. The function returns a handle to the disk device; that handle can be used with the DeviceIOControl function. The following requirements must be met in order for such a call to succeed:

·      The caller must have administrative privileges for the operation to succeed on a hard disk drive.
.....etc...

for more details see "CreateFile"

is there a problem with the parameters of
CreateFile('\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0',FILE_SHARE_WRITE,0,nil,OPEN_EXISTING,0,0);
maybe it should be something like :
HNDL := CreateFile('\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0', 0, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, nil, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);

but even that is not working...

if it is working on your computer I'll try this at home...
But maybe you can give me the right parameters to make it work everywhere ?

Thanks

just a moment....

ok. Let me know.

I tried it as an administrator.
The createfiel is ok but I still have an access denied when calling deviceiocontrol...

That would be cool if you could do this for me. Thank you. Let me know.

hello,
the solution is (thanks to madshi)
  HNDL := CreateFile('\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0', GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ or FILE_SHARE_WRITE, nil, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
  if HNDL <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
    if DeviceIOControl(HNDL, IOCTL_DISK_GET_DRIVE_LAYOUT, nil, 0, @INF, SizeOf(INF), RET, nil) then

;)

Maybe you can find me something else ?
How can I know for a given partition number which letter it is associated ?

Thanks...

Hello,
Let's say that I accept the answer to clean stuff around.
What you gave is not the solution to what I asked. Or at least in is not working correctly.
But you gave time for that and I thank you.

Regards.

thanks, it helped me a lot too ;)))))