DriveInfo Class
Provides access to information on a drive.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The following code example demonstrates the use of the DriveInfo class to display information about all of the drives on the current system.
Imports System Imports System.IO Class Test Public Shared Sub Main() Dim allDrives() As DriveInfo = DriveInfo.GetDrives() Dim d As DriveInfo For Each d In allDrives Console.WriteLine("Drive {0}", d.Name) Console.WriteLine(" File type: {0}", d.DriveType) If d.IsReady = True Then Console.WriteLine(" Volume label: {0}", d.VolumeLabel) Console.WriteLine(" File system: {0}", d.DriveFormat) Console.WriteLine( _ " Available space to current user:{0, 15} bytes", _ d.AvailableFreeSpace) Console.WriteLine( _ " Total available space: {0, 15} bytes", _ d.TotalFreeSpace) Console.WriteLine( _ " Total size of drive: {0, 15} bytes ", _ d.TotalSize) End If Next End Sub End Class 'This code produces output similar to the following: ' 'Drive A:\ ' File type: Removable 'Drive C:\ ' File type: Fixed ' Volume label: ' File system: FAT32 ' Available space to current user: 4770430976 bytes ' Total available space: 4770430976 bytes ' Total size of drive: 10731683840 bytes 'Drive D:\ ' File type: Fixed ' Volume label: ' File system: NTFS ' Available space to current user: 15114977280 bytes ' Total available space: 15114977280 bytes ' Total size of drive: 25958948864 bytes 'Drive E:\ ' File type: CDRom ' 'The actual output of this code will vary based on machine and the permissions 'granted to the user executing it.
- FileIOPermission
for accessing directory information. The class constructor requires this permission. Associated enumeration: PathDiscovery.
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
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