Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition DriveType Property | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

> Returns a value indicating the type of a specified drive.

##### Syntax

> object.DriveType

> The object is always a Drive object.

##### Remarks

> The following code illustrates the use of the DriveType property:

> >     Function ShowDriveType(drvpath)
> >       Dim fso, d, t
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       Set d = fso.GetDrive(drvpath)
> >       Select Case d.DriveType
> >         Case 0: t = "Unknown"
> >         Case 1: t = "Removable"
> >         Case 2: t = "Fixed"
> >         Case 3: t = "Network"
> >         Case 4: t = "CD-ROM"
> >         Case 5: t = "RAM Disk"
> >       End Select
> >       ShowDriveType = "Drive " & d.DriveLetter & ": - " & t
> >     End Function

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