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ATA Disk Driver Control and Status Functions

The ATA disk driver supports a standard set of control functions for ATA disk drive devices. The functions are used for control, status, and power management.

verify

format

eject

return drive icon

return media icon

return drive characteristics

enable startup partition

enable partition mounting

enable partition write protect

clear partition mounting

clear partition write protect

mount volume

set power mode

drive info

driver gestalt

get startup partition

get partition mount status

get partition write protect status

get power mode

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