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Re: GetDrives in Win32 Help Needed

• Posted by Gerardo <gebrandariz at YAHOO.COM> Apr 19, 2001
• 398 views

ck,

If you just need to know which drives are available and which aren't, you
might try this:

(quote)
UINT GetDriveType(DriveNumber)
int DriveNumber; /* 0 = A, 1 = B, and so on */

The GetDriveType function determines whether a disk drive is removable,
fixed, or remote.
DriveNumber Specifies the drive for which the type is to be determined (0 =
drive A, 1 = drive B, 2 = drive C, and so on).

The return value is DRIVE_REMOVABLE (disk can be removed from the drive),
DRIVE_FIXED (disk cannot be removed from the drive), or DRIVE_REMOTE (drive
is a remote, or network, drive), if the function is successful. Otherwise,
the return value is zero.
(endquote)

This is a Windows 3.0 function, so it should work anywhere. It lets you
cycle numerically, drives 0 to <26.

Gerardo


----- Original Message -----
From: "CK Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 4:57 PM
Subject: GetDrives in Win32 Help Needed



> I'm trying to get the drives on a Win95 pre-SR2 release... It seems to
choke
> on the "GetDiskFreeSpaceEx" because it can't find it in "kernel32.dll."
Can
> somebody fix it so it just ignore this, or is it (the free space) required
> to get the drive status?
>
> Thanks!
> ck