The System.IO.DriveInfo Class

Similarly to System.IO.DirectoryInfo, System.IO.DriveInfo provides access to the drive’s information. Using this class is straightforward; it provides information on the disk type, disk space (free and total), volume label, and other self-explanatory properties that you can discover with IntelliSense. The following example shows how you can create an instance of the class and retrieve information on the specified drive:

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Sub DriveInfoDemo()    Dim dr As New DriveInfo("C:\")    Console.WriteLine("Drive type: {0}", dr.DriveType.ToString)    Console.WriteLine("Volume label: {0}", dr.VolumeLabel)    Console.WriteLine("Total disk space: {0}", dr.TotalSize.ToString)    Console.WriteLine("Available ...

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