GetDriveType info Overview Group

The GetDriveType function determines whether a disk drive is a removable, fixed, CD-ROM, RAM disk, or network drive.

UINT GetDriveType(

LPCTSTR lpRootPathName	// address of root path
);

Parameters

lpRootPathName: Points to a null-terminated string that specifies the root directory of the disk to return information about. If lpRootPathName is NULL, the function uses the root of the current directory.

The return value specifies the type of drive. It can be one of the following values:

Value	Meaning
DRIVE_UNKNOWN	The drive type cannot be determined.
DRIVE_NO_ROOT_DIR	The root directory does not exist.
DRIVE_REMOVABLE	The disk can be removed from the drive.
DRIVE_FIXED	The disk cannot be removed from the drive.
DRIVE_REMOTE	The drive is a remote (network) drive.
DRIVE_CDROM	The drive is a CD-ROM drive.
DRIVE_RAMDISK	The drive is a RAM disk.