• .NET support to access the available drives information on the computer such as “C: drive”, “D: drive” etc.
• This drives may include with hard disks, CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, pen drives etc.
• It offers to get the volume labels, total space and current free space of the drives etc.
API: System.IO.DriveInfo
The “DriveInfo” class object can represent a drive on the computer. It offers several properties and methods to access the related information of the drive.
Object Construction:
Syn: DriveInfo obj = new DriveInfo(“drive letter”);
Ex: DriveInfo obj = new DriveInfo(“c”);
You can observe the list of all available properties, methods of this class.
Properties of “DriveInfo” class
IsReady |
Indicates whether the drive is ready or not (true / false) |
Name |
Represents the name of the drive with drive letter. (Ex: c:\) |
DriveType |
Represents the type of the drive. (like Fixed, CD Rom, Removable) |
VolumeLabel |
Represents the volume label |
DriveFormat |
Represents the file system on the drive like FAT32, NTFS, CDFS etc. |
TotalSize |
Represents the total memory capacity of the drive in bytes. |
GetDrives() |
Returns all the currently available drive objects in the form of an array. |