[RESOLVED] Find device partition type

[mesajflaviu]

Is there any way to know what type is a HDD device ? I need to test if a HDD partition has a specific type: NTFS, or FAT32 or EXFAT.

From my researches I read that there is a structure that can be filled with this information: FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION_STRUCTURE, taken from here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...em-recognition But I don't know how to fill this structure: FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION_STRUCTURE. Is there another way to achieve this information ?

[VictorN]

And where did you read that this struct contains any value that points to the type of a HDD device?

typedef struct _FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION_STRUCTURE {
UCHAR Jmp[3];
UCHAR FsName[8];
UCHAR MustBeZero[5];
ULONG Identifier;
USHORT Length;
USHORT Checksum;
} FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION_STRUCTURE;

[Arjay]

Use WMI, it gives drive info plus a whole lot more.

[2kaud]

Given the root directory name for the required device, use GetVolumeInformation(). The name of the type of format is returned via lpFileSystemNameBuffer.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...meinformationa

[mesajflaviu]

All solution proposed by you are working well ! I've used the simplest one: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/win...meinformationa

Thank you all !