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FSCTL_INITIATE_REPAIR IOCTL (winioctl.h)

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Triggers the NTFS file system to start a self-healing cycle on a single file.

To perform this operation, call the DeviceIoControl function with the following parameters.

BOOL DeviceIoControl(
  (HANDLE) hDevice,              // handle to device
  FSCTL_INITIATE_REPAIR,         // dwIoControlCode
  (PLONGLONG) lpInBuffer,        // input buffer
  (DWORD) nInBufferSize,         // size of input buffer
  NULL,                          // output buffer
  0,                             // size of output buffer
  (LPDWORD) lpBytesReturned,     // number of bytes returned
  (LPOVERLAPPED) lpOverlapped    // OVERLAPPED structure
);

Remarks

In Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, this code is supported by the following technologies.

Technology Supported
Server Message Block (SMB) 3.0 protocol No
SMB 3.0 Transparent Failover (TFO) No
SMB 3.0 with Scale-out File Shares (SO) No
Cluster Shared Volume File System (CsvFS) Yes
Resilient File System (ReFS) No

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Header winioctl.h (include Windows.h)

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