Determine if CD/DVD drive is writeable

[Tim Kelley]

Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.

Thanks.

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Did you try to get the factory name of device?
Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name

 

[Rinaldo]

Hi, are there some cd writer classes on the net for c#?

Rinaldo

Did you try to get the factory name of device?
Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name

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WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.

Thanks.

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Yep, u need IMAPI API

See there http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366224.aspx

--
WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

Hi, are there some cd writer classes on the net for c#?

Rinaldo

Did you try to get the factory name of device?
Generaly there is an "RW" label in device name

--
WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
Blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour

Is there a way to determine if a CD/DVD is writeable? I have looked at
using WMI (Win32_CDROMDrive) but it did not have any luck.

Thanks.