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Disk Management Functions

The following functions are used in disk management.

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FunctionDescription

GetDiskFreeSpace

Retrieves information about the specified disk, including the amount of free space on the disk.

GetDiskFreeSpaceEx

Retrieves information about the amount of space that is available on a disk volume, which is the total amount of space, the total amount of free space, and the total amount of free space available to the user that is associated with the calling thread.

 

Other functions used in disk management.

FunctionDescription
CreateFile

Creates or opens a file or I/O device. The most commonly used I/O devices are as follows: file, file stream, directory, physical disk, volume, console buffer, tape drive, communications resource, mailslot, and pipe.

DeleteFile

Deletes an existing file.

 

 

 

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