# Function Reference

DriveStatus

Returns the status of the drive as a string.

DriveStatus ( "path" )

Parameters

path | Path of drive to receive information from.

Return Value

Value | Interpretation
UNKNOWN | Drive may be unformatted (RAW).
READY | Typical of hard drives and drives that contain removable media.
NOTREADY | Typical of floppy and CD drives that do not contain media.
INVALID | May indicate the drive letter does not exist or that a mapped network drive is inaccessible.

Remarks

The list of possible return values may be incomplete.
DriveStatus may even work when a complete directory path (which exists) is given. However, a file path won't work.

Related

DriveGetDrive, DriveGetFileSystem, DriveGetLabel, DriveGetSerial, DriveGetType, DriveSetLabel, DriveSpaceFree, DriveSpaceTotal

Example

$var = DriveStatus( "c:\" )
MsgBox(4096,"Status",$var)