DriveInfo.DriveType Property
Definition
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Gets the drive type, such as CD-ROM, removable, network, or fixed.
public:
property System::IO::DriveType DriveType { System::IO::DriveType get(); };
public System.IO.DriveType DriveType { get; }
member this.DriveType : System.IO.DriveType
Public ReadOnly Property DriveType As DriveType
Property Value
One of the enumeration values that specifies a drive type.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates the use of the DriveInfo class to display information about all the drives on the current system.
using System;
using System.IO;
class Test
{
public static void Main()
{
DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
{
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name);
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType);
if (d.IsReady)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel);
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat);
Console.WriteLine(
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes",
d.AvailableFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes",
d.TotalFreeSpace);
Console.WriteLine(
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ",
d.TotalSize);
}
}
}
}
/*
This code produces output similar to the following:
Drive A:\
Drive type: Removable
Drive C:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: FAT32
Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
Drive D:\
Drive type: Fixed
Volume label:
File system: NTFS
Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
Drive E:\
Drive type: CDRom
The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
granted to the user executing it.
*/
Imports System.IO
Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim allDrives() As DriveInfo = DriveInfo.GetDrives()
Dim d As DriveInfo
For Each d In allDrives
Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name)
Console.WriteLine(" Drive type: {0}", d.DriveType)
If d.IsReady = True Then
Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel)
Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", _
d.AvailableFreeSpace)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Total available space: {0, 15} bytes", _
d.TotalFreeSpace)
Console.WriteLine( _
" Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ", _
d.TotalSize)
End If
Next
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces output similar to the following:
'
'Drive A:\
' Drive type: Removable
'Drive C:\
' Drive type: Fixed
' Volume label:
' File system: FAT32
' Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes
' Total available space: 4770430976 bytes
' Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes
'Drive D:\
' Drive type: Fixed
' Volume label:
' File system: NTFS
' Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes
' Total available space: 15114977280 bytes
' Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes
'Drive E:\
' Drive type: CDRom
'
'The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions
'granted to the user executing it.
Remarks
The DriveType property indicates whether a drive is one of the following: CDRom
, Fixed
, Network
, NoRootDirectory
, Ram
, Removable
, or Unknown
. These values are described in the DriveType enumeration.