How to: Determine a Drive's Format in Visual Basic
The GetDriveInfo method provides a DriveInfo object that can be queried for information about a drive on a computer. You can use the DriveFormat property to determine the drive format. Attempting to access the property without sufficient permission throws a SecurityException exception.
Note
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To determine a drive's format
Use the DriveFormat property to determine the drive format, as illustrated in the following code.
Dim cdrive As System.IO.DriveInfo cdrive = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDriveInfo("C:\") MsgBox(cdrive.DriveFormat)
See Also
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