Drive Object (VB6) |
Description
Interrogates the system properties of any drive connected to the current machine, including network drives. The Drive object supports no methods. The RootFolder property returns a Folder object representing a drive's root folder or directory; from this you can obtain a Folders collection object containing the subfolders of the root, and thus gain access to all parts of the drive.
See the File System object model entry for an overview, including the library reference needed to access it.
Createable
No
Returned by
FileSystemObject.Drives.Item property
Properties
All Drive object properties are read-only. In addition, removable media drives must be ready (i.e., have media inserted) for the Drive object to read certain properties.
AvailableSpace
Data Type: Variant
The number of bytes unused on the disk.
DriveLetter
Data Type: String
The drive letter used for this drive on the current machine (e.g., C ).
DriveType
Data Type: DriveType constant
A Drive Type constant (see table) indicating the type of drive. Any remote drive is shown only as remote. For example, a shared CD-ROM or Zip drive that is both remote and removable is shown simply as remote on any machine other than the machine on which it's installed.
Constant Value CDROM
4 Fixed
2 RAM Disk
5 Remote
3 Removable
1 Unknown
0 FileSystem
Data Type: String
The installed filesystem; returns FAT, NTFS, or CDFS.
FreeSpace
Data Type: Variant
The number of bytes unused on the disk.
IsReady
Data ...
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