<div class="content" name="GetPartitionProperties" uuid="32e8f3da-6338-475a-b162-2f9efd16c70a"><p>The GetPartitionProperties method retrieves the properties
of a <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_2f24f458-7d39-47a2-93f7-de433ea85c75" data-linktype="relative-path">partition</a> on the <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_c4133b2a-a990-4042-ba44-7fda3090f118" data-linktype="relative-path">disk</a> at a specified byte
offset.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> HRESULT GetPartitionProperties(
   [in] ULONGLONG ullOffset,
   [out] VDS_PARTITION_PROP* pPartitionProp
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>ullOffset: </b>The byte offset of the partition,
from the beginning of the disk. This offset MUST be the offset of a start of a
partition.</p><p><b>pPartitionProp: </b>A pointer to a <a href="1498b7be-4b6d-4fba-97e7-68ee4468d896" data-linktype="relative-path">VDS_PARTITION_PROP</a>
structure that, if the operation is successfully completed, receives the
properties of the partition.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method MUST return zero or
a non-error <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_799103ab-b3cb-4eab-8c55-322821b2b235" data-linktype="relative-path">HRESULT</a> (as
specified in <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>)
to indicate success, or return an implementation-specific nonzero error code to
indicate failure. For the HRESULT values predefined by the Virtual Disk Service
Remote Protocol, see section <a href="5102cc53-3143-4268-ba4c-6ea39e999ab4" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2.3</a>.</p><dl>
<dd>
<p><b>Note</b>  This method is not valid for
CD/DVD or <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_a2b20515-dc69-4674-b74e-91c8f24e3003" data-linktype="relative-path">super floppy</a>
devices.</p>
</dd></dl><p>When the server receives this message, it MUST validate the
following parameter:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Verify that <b>pPartitionProp</b> is not NULL.</p>
</li></ul><p>The server MUST populate the VDS_PARTITION_PROP structure
that <b>pPartitionProp</b> references with the properties of the partition at
the byte offset from the beginning of the disk that <b>ullOffset</b> specifies.
The server MUST then return an HRESULT indicating failure or success. For
details on VDS_PARTITION_PROP, see section 2.2.1.3.20.</p></div>