From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall) Subject: Re: Detecting CD-ROM drive 30 Oct 1997 07:21:35 -0800 Message-ID: <2.2.32.19971030144809.009a3eb0.cygnus.gnu-win32@ma.ultranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Arlindo da Silva , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com At 10:38 PM 10/29/97 -0500, Arlindo da Silva wrote: > >Does anybody know how to determine which drive (d:, e:, ...) is a CDROM? >Is there any native function for this? Thanks. > >-- >Arlindo da Silva >dasilva AT alum DOT mit DOT edu You can use GetDriveType(). Here's some info on it from the MSDN Library. 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. Return Values The return value specifies the type of drive. It can be one of the following values: Value Meaning 0 The drive type cannot be determined. 1 The root directory does not exist. DRIVE_REMOVABLE The drive 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. See Also GetDiskFreeSpace Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX Wellesley, MA 02181 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".