Re: how to determine drive type

From: erewhon@xxxxxxxxxx (J French)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:07:14 +0000 (UTC)

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:00:26 -0400, "Bruce Roberts"
<ber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Ged" <ged@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:dhdudl$e4t$3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Anyone knows how to determine if drive marked with letter (for example)
>> e: is CD-ROM or DVD ? Using Delphi 5
>
>GetDriveType, documented in the Windows API help.

Big problems there - it is quite a frequent question

Many drives are CDROM, CDRW, DVDROM, DVDRW
- they are a bit SMART
- but I'm not sure that the smart solution is right

.

References:
- how to determine drive type
  - From: Ged
- Re: how to determine drive type
  - From: Bruce Roberts

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