[VBnet Code Library] Disk/Drive Index

	Disk / Drive Routines Updated Monday December 26, 2011
Category	Topic
Chkdsk vb6 vb5 vb4-32	Win32_LogicalDisk: WMI Method to Invoke Chkdsk Using Win32_LogicalDisk to Chkdsk a local fixed drive. Mar 7.2002

Disk Info vb6 vb5 vb4-32	SetErrorMode: Determine if a Floppy Drive is Ready Four wrapper routines that each determine if a removable drive is ready. Sept 12.1999 GetLogicalDriveStrings: Determine if a Specific Drive Exists API method to determine if the system has a specific drive letter. GetDriveType: Enumerate and Identify Available System Drives API method to determine a system's installed drives and their type. DeviceIoControl: Determine Media Type for CD/DVD Drives Using DeviceIoControl to identify and differentiate between DVD and CD drives. Aug 29.2004 DeviceIoControl: Get a SMART Drive Serial Number Get the hardware serial and model numbers for SMART IDE drives . March 9.2004 Win32_LogicalDisk: WMI Logical Disk Information Win32_LogicalDisk WMI class represents a data source that resolves to an actual local storage device on a Windows system. Mar 7.2002 DeviceIoControl: Obtain Physical Drive Information Retrieve low-level physical disk information on NT/2000. Jan 8.2000

Disk Space vb6 vb5 vb4-32	GetDiskFreeSpace: Free Disk Space on Windows 95 (or Small Partitions) The code to determine clusters, sectors, used and free space on a release version of Win95 (pre-OSR/2). GetDiskFreeSpaceEx: Free Disk Space on a Fat32 or NTFS Drive The code to determine total, used and free space on a Fat32 or NTFS drive. GetDiskFreeSpaceEx: Detailed Drive Info Retrieve drive and volume information for any size partition or drive on any 32-bit platform. July 29.1999 GetDiskFreeSpaceEx: Determining Free Disk Space Four wrappers for retrieving disk free and used space info on any 32-bit Windows system. Dec 23.1999

Disk Type vb6 vb5 vb4-32	DeviceIoControl: Determine Media Type for CD/DVD Drives Using DeviceIoControl to identify and differentiate between DVD and CD drives. Aug 29.2004 GetDriveType: Enumerate and Identify Available System Drives API method to determine a system's installed drives and their type. GetDriveType: Identify a System's CD-ROM Drive Code to determine if the target system has a CD-ROM installed, obtain its drive letter, and the volume name of an inserted CD.

Disk Volume Info vb6 vb5 vb4-32	GetDriveType: Identify a System's CD-ROM Drive Code to determine if the target system has a CD-ROM installed, obtain its drive letter, and the volume name of an inserted CD.

Drives vb6 vb5 vb4-32	GetLogicalDriveStrings: An API 'DriveExists' Routine Using GetLogicalDriveStrings to determine if a specified drive exists. Oct 20.1999 SetErrorMode: Determine if a Floppy Drive is Ready Four wrapper routines that each determine if a removable drive is ready. Sept 12.1999 DeviceIoControl: Get a SMART Drive Serial Number Get the hardware serial and model numbers for SMART IDE drives . March 9.2004

Folder Attributes vb6 vb5 vb4-32	FindFirstFile: Changing File and/or Folder Attributes Recursively Recursive file searching providing the ability to reset file or folder attributes. March 25.2001

Hardware vb6 vb5 vb4-32	DeviceIoControl: Check Media Availability Determines whether the drive specified contains media on NT/2000 systems. Mar 9.2000 mciSendString: Ejecting Media from a CD-ROM Using winmm.dll's mciSendString API, a one-liner to open or close a CD. June 29.1998 DeviceIoControl: Lock/Unlock Removable Media Devices How to lock and unlock removable media on NT/2000 systems. Mar 9.2000 DeviceIoControl: Load/Eject Removable Media How to eject and load any removable media on NT/2000 systems. Mar 9.2000 DeviceIoControl: Obtain Physical Drive Information Retrieve low-level physical disk information on NT/2000. Jan 8.2000 Win32_Processor: WMI Processor Information The Win32_Processor WMI class returns processor status and information for both single and multiprocessor machines. Mar 4.2002

Shares vb6 vb5 vb4-32	WNetEnumResource: Enumerating Local Network Resources Obtain mapped drives on the local machine, and resolve local drive letters into the corresponding UNC path. Jun 26.2001 NetConnectionEnum: Enumerating Share Connection Information Using the NetConnectionEnum API to list connections made to a shared resource on the server or connections established from a particular computer. Jun 18.2001 NetShareEnum: Enumerating Shared Resources on Other Machines Find remote machine shares, connection type, comments and resolved path using NetShareEnum. Jun 18.2001 WNetAddConnection2: Transparently Connect to Network Shares Several routines to connect and disconnect drives and printers. Sept 1.1998 NetShareAdd: Create a Local or Remote Share Several routines to connect and disconnect drives and printers. Jan 21.2002 WNetGetConnection: Get UNC Path for Mapped Drive Code to resolve a local or remote UNC path from a mapped drive letter. Jul 6.2002