Provides access to the properties of a particular disk drive or network share.
Remarks
The following code illustrates the use of the Drive object to access drive properties.
Sub ShowFreeSpace(drvPath)
Dim fs, d, s
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set d = fs.GetDrive(fs.GetDriveName(drvPath))
s = "Drive " & UCase(drvPath) & " - "
s = s & d.VolumeName & vbCrLf
s = s & "Free Space: " & FormatNumber(d.FreeSpace/1024, 0)
s = s & " Kbytes"
MsgBox s
End SubCollections
| Collection | Description |
|---|---|
| Drives | Read-only collection of all available drives. |
Properties
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| AvailableSpace | Returns the amount of available space to a user on a specified drive or network share. |
| DriveLetter | Returns one uppercase letter that identifies the local drive or a network share. |
| DriveType | Returns the type of a specified drive. |
| FileSystem | Returns the file system in use for a specified drive. |
| FreeSpace | Returns the amount of free space to a user on a specified drive or network share. |
| IsReady | Returns true if the specified drive is ready, and false if not. |
| Path | Returns an uppercase letter followed by a colon that indicates the path name for a specified drive. |
| RootFolder | Returns a Folder object that represents the root folder of a specified drive. |
| SerialNumber | Returns the serial number of a specified drive. |
| ShareName | Returns the network share name for a specified drive. |
| TotalSize | Returns the total size of a specified drive or network share. |
| VolumeName | Sets or returns the volume name of a specified drive. |