C# getdrives with type fixed but without usb harddisks?

Question

Hey,

I want to retrieve the list of fixed disks in a system. But C#s GetDrives Fixed Drives are including plug USB Harddisks.

Any idea how I may detect that a fixed Drive is not an USB harddisk or vica versa?

Ciao Ephraim

Answer 1

use DriveType to detect the type of the drive:

using System.IO;

DriveInfo[] allDrives = DriveInfo.GetDrives();
foreach (DriveInfo d in allDrives)
{
  if (d.IsReady && d.DriveType == DriveType.Fixed)
  {
    // This is the drive you want...
  }
}

DriveInfo Class

EDIT1:

check the following link: How do I detected whether a hard drive is connected via USB?

Answer 2

Solution nicked from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/450009/how-to-get-serial-number-of-usb-stick-in-c :

 //import the System.Management namespace at the top in your "using" statement.
 ManagementObjectSearch theSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(
      "SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive WHERE InterfaceType='USB'");