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How do I programatically mount a raw iscsi volume in windows, and get it ready to use?

The API for creating a new volume on our SAN is pretty straight forward. What I have not been able to figure out is how to programatically connect the iSCSI initiator to it, initialize the space (in the windows disk manager sense) and finally format it and mount it is a drive letter. I currently use win2k3, however moving to win2k8 is ...

Programming the Virtual Disk Service API in C# using COM Interop

I would like to write a small utility/class library in C# that can enumerate the primary partitions on the disk associated with volume C on Windows 7. I would like to modify the active flag for any one the primary partitions on that disk. I would like to "consume" this library from managed code (C#). As I understand it, I will need to us...

FreeBSD VDS-hosting in Europe

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Windows 7 Diskpart.exe sometimes fails to mount usb key

Here is my situation. I boot Windows PE (WinPE 3.0 from Win AIK, basically stripped down Windows 7) from CD with automounting disabled via the registry. I then connect a usb thumb drive. I run diskpart.exe to bring the disk "online" so I can write files to it. My steps are: diskpart.exe (version is 6.1.7600) DISKPART> select disk ...