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VB.NET Identify a Removable Hard Drive

VB.NET Identify a Removable Hard Drive

Through the method of the class DriveInfo getdrivers and can get the kind of drive.

This example identifies a removable disk drive in VB.NET.

Private Sub BtnFind_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles BtnFind.Click
 For Each driveType As System.IO.DriveInfo In System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives
          If driveType.DriveType = IO.DriveType.Removable Then
             MessageBox.Show(driveType.Name.ToString & "is removable drive")
          End If
 Next
End Sub


More information can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.driveinfo.aspx .

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    Luigi Bruno edited Revision 6. Comment: Added the "Other Languages" section.

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    on 30 Oct 2011 2:36 PM

    This would be better suited on the Gallery.  A link to the Gallery is at the top of every Wiki page.

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    on 30 Oct 2011 8:26 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Original. Comment: Great article! I updated the title casing. Thanks!

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    on 19 Apr 2013 6:00 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 5. Comment: Removed (en-US) from title, added language tag

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    on 20 Apr 2013 2:41 PM

    Yes, this could be a useful code snippet for the Gallery.

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    on 20 Apr 2013 2:45 PM

    Luigi Bruno edited Revision 6. Comment: Added the "Other Languages" section.

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