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DriveType Enumeration

.NET Framework 4

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Defines constants for drive types, including CDRom, Fixed, Network, NoRootDirectory, Ram, Removable, and Unknown.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public enum DriveType

Members

	Member name	Description
	Unknown	The type of drive is unknown.
	NoRootDirectory	The drive does not have a root directory.
	Removable	The drive is a removable storage device, such as a floppy disk drive or a USB flash drive.
	Fixed	The drive is a fixed disk.
	Network	The drive is a network drive.
	CDRom	The drive is an optical disc device, such as a CD or DVD-ROM.
	Ram	The drive is a RAM disk.

Remarks

DriveType is used by the DriveInfo class to indicate drive type. It can be used with the DriveType property.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.IO Namespace

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