ASP Drive Object

To return information about a local disk drive or a network share,the Drive object is used.To know about a drive's type of file system, free space, serial number, volume name, and more, the Drive object is used.

Note: With the Drive object, you cannot return information about a drive's content. The Folder object is used for this purpose .

You will have to create an instance of the Drive object through the FileSystemObject object to work with the properties of the Drive object . First; create a FileSystemObject object and then instantiate the Drive object using GetDrive method or the Drives property of the FileSystemObject object.

To instantiate the Drive object and the TotalSize property to return the total size in bytes of the specified drive (D:),the following example uses the GetDrive method of the FileSystemObject object :

<% Dim fs,d
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set d=fs.GetDrive("D:")
Response.Write("Drive " & d & ":")
Response.Write("Total size in bytes: " & d.TotalSize)
set d=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

Output:

Drive D: Total size in bytes: 4293563392

The Drive object's properties are described below: /td>

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

Get the available space for the specified drive

<html>
<body>

<%
Dim fs, d, n
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set d=fs.GetDrive("D:")
n = "Drive: " & d
n = n & "<br>Available Space in bytes: " & d.AvailableSpace
Response.Write(n)
set d=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

</body>
</html>

O/P:

Drive: D:
Available Space in bytes: 884465152

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