3.1. The Possibilities
The 32-bit APIs for Windows gives you several functions that you can use to access information about individual drives. You use these functions to find, for example:
The maximum size and free space on a drive
The type of the drive (network drive, CD-ROM drive, and so on)
The file system used when the drive was formatted
Windows also contains a set of WNet functions that lets you find and connect to network drives and printers shared by other machines. With these functions you can:
Enumerate all the domains on the network
Enumerate all the machines in each domain
Enumerate all the drives and printers on each machine
Connect to any drive on the network
Disconnect from any drive
All the connection options seen by a user in the ...
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