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PARTITION_STYLE enumeration (ntdddisk.h)

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The PARTITION_STYLE enumeration type indicates the type of partition table for a disk.

Syntax

typedef enum _PARTITION_STYLE {
  PARTITION_STYLE_MBR,
  PARTITION_STYLE_GPT,
  PARTITION_STYLE_RAW
} PARTITION_STYLE;

Constants

 
PARTITION_STYLE_MBR
Specifies the traditional, AT-style Master Boot Record, type of partition table.
PARTITION_STYLE_GPT
Specifies the GUID Partition Table type of partition table.
PARTITION_STYLE_RAW
The partition is not formatted in either of the recognized formats — MBR or GPT.

Remarks

The GUID Partition Table format conforms to the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) standard developed by Intel. For further information, see Intel's Extensible Firmware Interface specification.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows XP
Header ntdddisk.h

See also

CREATE_DISK

DISK_PARTITION_INFO

PARTITION_INFORMATION_EX