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DriveType Enumeration
Visual Studio 2010
Defines constants for drive types, including CDRom, Fixed, Network, NoRootDirectory, Ram, Removable, and Unknown.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| 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. |
DriveType is used by the DriveInfo class to indicate drive type. It can be used with the DriveType property.
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.
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