DriveType Enumeration (System.IO)

DriveType Enumeration

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DriveType Enumeration

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

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Enumeration DriveType

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DriveType

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

Visual C++

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

JScript

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.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

System.IO Namespace