Question

In C# how do you detect is a specific drive is a Hard Drive, Network Drive, CDRom, or floppy?

Answer 1

The method GetDrives() returns a DriveInfo class which has a property DriveType that corresponds to the enumeration of System.IO.DriveType:

public enum DriveType {     Unknown,         // The type of drive is unknown.       NoRootDirectory, // The drive does not have a root directory.       Removable,       // The drive is a removable storage device,                       //    such as a floppy disk drive or a USB flash drive.       Fixed,           // The drive is a fixed disk.       Network,         // The drive is a network drive.       CDRom,           // The drive is an optical disc device, such as a CD                       // or DVD-ROM.       Ram              // The drive is a RAM disk.    } 

Here is a slightly adjusted example from MSDN that displays information for all drives:

    DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();     foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)     {         Console.WriteLine('Drive {0}, Type {1}', d.Name, d.DriveType);     }