Determines whether a disk drive is a removable, fixed, CD-ROM, RAM disk, or network drive
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
_WinAPI_GetDriveType ( [$sDrive = ''] )
| $sDrive | [optional] The drive letter to retrieve information, in the format D:, E:, etc. |
| Success: | The type of drive ($DRIVE_*). |
| Failure: | 0. |
$DRIVE_* constants require #include <APIFilesConstants.au3>
Search GetDriveType in MSDN Library.
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>
Example()
Func Example()
; Find the drive type of the home drive, generally this is the C:\ drive.
Local $iTypeOfDrive = _WinAPI_GetDriveType(@HomeDrive) ; For example C:
; Create a variable to hold the display message.
Local $sMessage = ""
Switch $iTypeOfDrive
Case $DRIVE_UNKNOWN
$sMessage = "The drive type cannot be determined."
Case $DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR
$sMessage = "The root path is invalid."
Case $DRIVE_REMOVABLE
$sMessage = "The drive is removable media."
Case $DRIVE_FIXED
$sMessage = "The drive is a fixed drive."
Case $DRIVE_REMOTE
$sMessage = "The drive is a remote (network) drive."
Case $DRIVE_CDROM
$sMessage = "The drive is a CD-ROM drive."
Case $DRIVE_RAMDISK
$sMessage = "The drive is a RAM disk."
EndSwitch
; Display the message about the drive type.
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", $sMessage)
EndFunc ;==>Example