System.Shell.Drive.driveFormat Property

Gets whether the system storage device is formatted with Microsoft Windows NT File System (NTFS) or FAT32 permissions.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = System.Shell.Drive.driveFormat()

  

Parameters

• strDriveFormat [out]
  Retrieves the device formatting.

  Value	Meaning
  NTFS	If the storage device supports NTFS permissions.
  FAT32	If the storage device does not support NTFS permissions.

   

Remarks

strDriveFormat is undefined in the event of an error (the drive is not ready, is invalid, or otherwise unavailable).

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to get the storage device format.

// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// Display drive information.
// driveLetter: user input.
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetDriveInfo(driveLetter)
{
    var sDrive = "";
    var drive = System.Shell.drive(driveLetter);

    if (drive)
    {
        if (drive.isReady)
        {
            sDrive = "Label:" + drive.volumeLabel + " for drive(" + drive.driveLetter + ")<br/>";
            sDrive += "FreeSpace: " + drive.freeSpace + "MB<br/>";
            sDrive += "TotalFreeSpace: " + drive.totalFreeSpace + "MB<br/>";
            sDrive += "TotalSpace: " + drive.totalSize + "MB<br/>";
            sDrive += "DriveType: " + drive.driveType + "<br/>";
            sDrive += "DriveFormat: " + drive.driveFormat + "<br/>";
            sDrive += "RootDir: [" + drive.rootDirectory + "]<br/>";
        }
        else
        {
            sDrive = "Drive (" + driveLetter + ") is not ready.<br/>";
        }
    }
    else
    {
        sDrive = "Drive (" + driveLetter + ") is not valid.<br/>";
    }
    spFeedback.innerHTML = sDrive;
}

Requirements

See Also

System.Shell.Drive

System.Shell

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