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DriveInfo::DriveFormat Property

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Gets the name of the file system, such as NTFS or FAT32.

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

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property String^ DriveFormat {
	String^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The name of the file system on the specified drive.

Exception Condition
UnauthorizedAccessException

Access to the drive information is denied.

DriveNotFoundException

The drive does not exist or is not mapped.

IOException

An I/O error occurred (for example, a disk error or a drive was not ready).

Use DriveFormat to determine what formatting a drive uses.

The following code example demonstrates the use of the DriveInfo class to display information about all of the drives on the current system.

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.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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