GetDriveType Function

Declare Function GetDriveType Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "GetDriveTypeA" (ByVal nDrive As String) As Long

Platforms: Win 32s, Win 95/98, Win NT

GetDriveType finds the type of disks a disk drive is/uses. This could be a fixed (hard) drive, a floppy drive, a CD-ROM drive, etc. The function returns the drive type. 0 means that an error occured. 1 means that the specified drive does not exist. Other return values are one of the following flags identifying the drive type:

DRIVE_CDROM = 5

A CD-ROM drive.

DRIVE_FIXED = 3

A hard drive.

DRIVE_RAMDISK = 6

A RAM disk.

DRIVE_REMOTE = 4

A network drive or a drive located on a network server.

DRIVE_REMOVABLE = 2

A floppy drive or some other removable-disk drive.

nDrive

The root directory of the drive to check, such as "c:\" or "a:\"

Example:

' Determine what type of drive D: is
Dim drivetype As Long  ' receives the drive type

drivetype = GetDriveType("d:\")  ' determine which kind of drive this is
If drivetype = 1 Then Debug.Print "Drive D:\ does not exist."
If drivetype = DRIVE_REMOVABLE Then Print "Drive D:\ is a removable-disk drive."
If drivetype = DRIVE_FIXED Then Print "Drive D:\ is a hard drive."
If drivetype = DRIVE_CDROM Then Print "Drive D:\ is a CD-ROM drive."
' etc.

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