Determining type of drive a file is on

Ken Ray kray at sonsothunder.com
Mon Aug 2 15:23:52 EDT 2004


On 8/2/04 2:12 PM, "Scott Rossi" <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Recently, "Trevor DeVore"  wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know if there is a way to determine if a file is on a USB
>> Flash drive (vs a CD-ROM or a Hard Drive)?
>> 
>> I'm looking for methods for Windows and Mac OS X.
> 
> Windows, I don't know, but on OS X maybe you might be able to get something
> from System Profiler?

Well, I know you can find out what type a drive is (like removable, fixed,
etc.) on Windows, but I don't know if you can find out specifically if it's
a USB flash drive vs. a Zip drive, etc.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com




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