ASP Drive
Object
The Drive object is used to return information about the local disk drives or network shared drives.
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Get the total capacity of a specified drive
Get the available space of a specified drive
Get the free space capacity of a specified drive
Get the drive letter of a specified drive
Get the drive type of a specified drive
Get the file system information of a specified drive
Get the path of a specified drive
Get the root folder of a specified drive
Get the serial number of a specified drive
Drive Object
The Drive object is used to return information about local disk drives or network shared drives. The Drive object can return information about the file system type, free capacity, serial number, volume label name, etc., of the drive.
Note: You cannot return information about the contents of the drive through the Drive object. To achieve this, use the Folder object.
To manipulate the properties of the Drive object, you need to create an instance of the Drive object through the FileSystemObject object. First, create a FileSystemObject object, then instantiate the Drive object using the GetDrive method or the Drives property of the FileSystemObject object.
The properties of the Drive object are described as follows:
Properties
Property | Description |
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AvailableSpace | Returns the available space capacity on the specified drive or network shared drive. |
DriveLetter | Returns the uppercase letter that identifies the local drive or network shared drive. |
DriveType | Returns the type of the specified drive. |
FileSystem | Returns the file system used by the specified drive. |
FreeSpace | Returns the free space capacity on the specified drive or network shared drive. |
IsReady | Returns true if the specified drive is ready; otherwise, returns false. |
Path | Returns the uppercase letter followed by a colon, indicating the path name of the specified drive. |
RootFolder | Returns a folder object that represents the root folder of the specified drive. |
SerialNumber | Returns the serial number of the specified drive. |
ShareName | Returns the network share name of the specified drive. |
TotalSize | Returns the total capacity of the specified drive or network shared drive. |
VolumeName | Sets or returns the volume label name of the specified drive. |