List free drive letters

[Guest]

Hi,

how can I get a list of all "free" drive letters?

Thanks in advance, Randy

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Randy,

For this, I would call the GetLogicalDrives or GetLogicalDriveStrings
functions in the Win32 API through the P/Invoke layer. It will give you the
drive letters that are occupied. All you have to do is remove those from
the list of known letters (a-z) and you have your free drive letters.

Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

Nicholas,

thanks a lot for your answer!!

Randy

Randy,

For this, I would call the GetLogicalDrives or GetLogicalDriveStrings
functions in the Win32 API through the P/Invoke layer. It will give you the
drive letters that are occupied. All you have to do is remove those from
the list of known letters (a-z) and you have your free drive letters.

Hope this helps.


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- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
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Hi,

how can I get a list of all "free" drive letters?

Thanks in advance, Randy

 

[Jonathan Allen]

I would suggest this instead of PInvoke, if only because its managed code.

WqlObjectQuery objectQuery = new WqlObjectQuery("select * from
Win32_LogicalDisk");

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new
ManagementObjectSearcher(objectQuery);

ManagementObjectCollection disks = searcher.Get();

foreach (ManagementObject disk in disks)

{

Console.WriteLine("Disk = " + disk["deviceid"]);

}


--
Jonathan Allen

Nicholas,

thanks a lot for your answer!!

Randy

Randy,

For this, I would call the GetLogicalDrives or GetLogicalDriveStrings
functions in the Win32 API through the P/Invoke layer. It will give you
the
drive letters that are occupied. All you have to do is remove those from
the list of known letters (a-z) and you have your free drive letters.

Hope this helps.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Hi,

how can I get a list of all "free" drive letters?

Thanks in advance, Randy

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Does

WqlObjectQuery objectQuery = new WqlObjectQuery("delete from
Win32_LogicalDisk where Drive='C'")

remove the drive?

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Or better:
"select deviceid from Win32_LogicalDisk"
to prevent active select of the Floppy drive, all you need is the drive
letter (deviceid) right?

Willy.

I would suggest this instead of PInvoke, if only because its managed code.

WqlObjectQuery objectQuery = new WqlObjectQuery("select * from
Win32_LogicalDisk");

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new
ManagementObjectSearcher(objectQuery);

ManagementObjectCollection disks = searcher.Get();

foreach (ManagementObject disk in disks)

{

Console.WriteLine("Disk = " + disk["deviceid"]);

}


--
Jonathan Allen

Nicholas,

thanks a lot for your answer!!

Randy

Randy,

For this, I would call the GetLogicalDrives or
GetLogicalDriveStrings
functions in the Win32 API through the P/Invoke layer. It will give you
the
drive letters that are occupied. All you have to do is remove those
from
the list of known letters (a-z) and you have your free drive letters.

Hope this helps.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Hi,

how can I get a list of all "free" drive letters?

Thanks in advance, Randy

 

[Jonathan Allen]

Maybe. I've just come across it myself, so I don't know all what you can do
with it.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Does

WqlObjectQuery objectQuery = new WqlObjectQuery("delete from
Win32_LogicalDisk where Drive='C'")

remove the drive?

There is no such thing like "Delete" in WQL, the syntax is SQL like but only
a subset is used.

Willy.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

There is no such thing like "Delete" in WQL, the syntax is SQL like but only
a subset is used.

Note the in the comment.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Note the in the comment.

LOL, actualy there is a way to delete a drive using this class so I took it
(too) seriously.

Willy.