VS 2008 USB Drive Partitioning
Aug 21, 2010I'm a student developer and currently working on USB disk partitioning with VB.net.. Is partitioning usb disk with Vb.net possible?
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VB 2010 - Thumb Drive - Formatting, Partitioning, And Copying The Image
Oct 24, 2010I have to create a program to manage a large number of USB Thumbdrives. In short, the drives will contain corporate images used by technicians to prep machines in the field. I do not have to create the images as they are already provided. Since I have to create 50 plus of these at one time, I am looking at writing a program to automate the process. As it stands now, formatting, partitioning, and copying the image to each key individually is, as you can understand, not efficient time wise. I have already purchased two industrial quality 7 port powered hubs.
The plan is to be able to: Fill all 14 slots in the hubs with USB ThumbdrivesUse the program to select the drives to prepareHave the program format and partition the drives (bootable)Copy the contents of the image folder provided to the USB keys. The idea is to do the above by filling all the slots and hitting one button, then walking away to do other work. When done, the drives would be ejected, and the next set of 14 installed.
I have already created the User Interface. It consists of: 5 buttons (Scan For Drives, Format Drives, Build Drives, Build And Format Drives, Exit).One "Select Source" entry field to select the source of the Image Files.One Checked Entry List. This is where all available drives will be listed, and the one's desired to be checked.
Now, it has been 20 years since I did any coding, and all of that was done in languages that are pretty much dead today (Turbo Pascal, Clarion Professional Developer and R:Base), so to say I'm behind the curve is an understatement. While I was never a real fan of Basic, I have some experience with it. But today's VB.Net ain't your daddy's basic, and there's no way I have time to learn C or C++. I have the Express version of Visual Studio 2010, which should be fine for this project.
WMI To Get Drive Letter Association With Physical Drive Path Misses CDROMs?
Feb 19, 2012I'm running the following WMI script to get the associations between drive letters and physical drives on the system, but for some reason it omits CDROMs/DVD-ROMs. Can someone tell me how to get those as well?
Code:
ComputerName = "."
Set wmiServices = GetObject _
("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=Impersonate}!//" & ComputerName)
Set wmiDiskDrives = wmiServices.ExecQuery _
("SELECT DeviceID FROM Win32_DiskDrive")
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Finding Physical Drive Number Using Drive Letter?
Jun 16, 2009I have a program that allows the user to enter a drive letter into a text box. The program then takes the letter and find the physical drive number (i.e. deviceharddisk3..). It then stripes out everything and leaves me with the number 3.
In VB6 I used mDrive.bas from vbAccelerator.com and it worked perfectly. I have been all over the internet and back and cannot find a solution written in VB.NET.
Make A Tool That Will Assign USB Pen Drive A Drive Letter?
Oct 13, 2009I want to make a tool that will assign a USB pen drive a drive letter, I am using WMI to acknowledge the device being plugged in, I can pull the deviceID, name, etc now I just need to work out how to assign the device to a drive and I just cant figure it out
View 4 RepliesReading And Writing Files On External Hard Drive, Code To Ensure SQL Or Data Read/write Execution In Case Of Periodic Drive Reconnect?
Dec 18, 2010The drive is connected via USB and the problem I'm having is that, periodically, while my code is executing, the usb drive seems to disconnect and reconnect. (Nothing to do with the program, but the drive itself).I want to find a way to prevent these temporary drive reconnects from interrupting my code. IE, i want to insure that whatever read or write that is requested is actually executed even in the case of a temporary drive interruption.
View 1 RepliesDetermine If A Drive Is Local Or A Network Drive?
Dec 10, 2008Does anyone know if there is a way to determine if a drive is local or a network drive?
View 1 RepliesGetting Physical Drive Number From Drive Letter?
Jun 17, 2009I am trying to get the physical drive (device) number from the drive letter. If the user inputs the drive letter C the program will find the associated physical device number. For example if I input C then the result needs to be \Device\HardDrive1\... Some call it NT Device Name; I think. I have the code for VB6 from vbAccelerator, which works perfectly, but it does not work in VB.NET. My question is there a simple way of pulling the drive info that contains the drive letter and the physical device number. I have searched the internet and found nothing for VB.NET. I would post code but I have nothing for .NET.
View 1 RepliesHow Can Read Data From USB Flash Drive Or Pen Drive
Sep 29, 2011USB flash drive or pen drive in vb.net...
View 14 RepliesPhysical Drive Number From Drive Letter
Jun 16, 2009I have a program I am converting from VB6 to VB.NET and I am stuck at the very last piece of code. I need to determine what physical device number is associated with the drive letter.
The program takes the drive letter from a text box and goes and finds the device number (i.e. deviceharddrive3...) and strips out everything leaving me with the devicer number; in this case the number 3. I have searched the internet to and fro and found nothing in VB.NET.
My program in VB6 uses a .bas module from vbaccelerator.com called mDrive.bas and works great. I can't figure out how to convert it over to VB.NET.
Forms :: Determine A Dynamic Drive Letter For A Directory On The Removable Drive And Then Open That Directory In An Explorer Window
Feb 19, 2009First off a short background of the project I am working on- I am developing a program that will be run off removable media (i.e. USB Flash drive). This will be a �virtual desktop� which you will be able to take with you and have the same �desktop� on any system. As we know drive letters can change with each host system the drive is plugged into, I need to be able to determine the path for the flash drive and access a specific folder ( i.e. My Documents)
I have an picture box(representing the icon) placed on my form (form1) and when I click the icon I want to be able to open and view the a specific folder from the portable drive. I need a click event that will determine a dynamic drive letter for a directory on the removable drive and then open that directory in an explorer window.
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VS 2008 Formatting Drive?
Aug 5, 2009I want to make an application that allows you to format a drive.My application consists of a combo box (so user can select drive) and a format button to format the selected drive.
I would like to know is this possible and if so how?
VS 2008 Get The Hard Drive Name?
Mar 26, 2009is there any way to find out the hard drive that windows is installed in? (local drive?)
View 4 RepliesVS 2008 [B] Getting Drive Type[/B]
Jan 30, 2010I have this code that scans all drives and returns their drive type:
Dim drv As String
Dim Drives() As System.IO.DriveInfo = System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives()
Dim Info As System.IO.DriveInfo
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I want to supply the drive letter (C:, D: ) and return the drive type (cdrom, fixed, removable) instead scanning every drive.
.net - Get The Drive Letter Of CD Drive From List
Mar 12, 2011I am using the following code to get a list of the letters for each drive on my computer. I want to get the drive letter of CD Drive from this list. The code I am using to get list is as below:
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Check If Logical Drive Is CD/DVD Drive
Jun 16, 2009Is it possible to check if a Logical device gathered through a WMI search request is a CD/DVD Drive? Right now, I can get the path of every Win32_LogicalDisk through WMI, but E: (for me) is my DVD drive and unless there is a disc, my program fails because it tries to count the number of folders/files on the disc.
Ultimately, I'd like to be able to tell if it is a CD/DVD drive then check to see if there is a disc there before I do anything else to it. Can it be done using WMI?
Detect CD Drive Regardless Of Drive Letter?
Jan 2, 2010I have a function that copies files from a CD to my HDD:CopyFiles(CD_Drive, FullPath & "")
The problem is that the Drive letter "I:" is not consistent. Sometimes when I connect and disconnect external devices, the CD Drive letter changes and then my code doesn't work unless I open the project, change the letter "I" and recompile.What code can I use that will ALWAYS detect my CD Drive, regardless of the drive letter? (Like for instance, NERO will detect and burn CDs regardless of the drive letter)
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Find Out Which Drive Is The Disk Drive?
Jun 12, 2010I want my program to find the disk drive. I just do not know how to find it programmically? Can anyone help, please? This should be pretty easy, right?
View 12 RepliesHow To Have App Open From Jump Drive Or Cd Drive
May 1, 2010how to open an .exe file from a that is in a certain file, what i am trying to do is create a program that will be portable-via jump drive or cd drive, the reason i feel stupid is that I did not realize that visual basic and vb.net are two different animals- I was trying to use app.path for days- then came across a post that set me straight that I can not use it.[code]
View 4 RepliesRun A Form From A Jump Drive Or Cd Drive?
May 1, 2010I have created a form that I would like to run from a jump drive, or cd drive, were the drive letter will never be the same-
Application.StartupPath is the answer I have come up with- Implementing it is difficult for me- all the examples I have seen retrieves the path and imports it to a textbox. What I got is a form will start a .exe of a portable program- ( that will be located on the jump drive, or cd)
I have created a form that will -when a button is pressed- execute an .exe to a program that will also be on the jump drive. how to do this from start to finish on how to run an .exe from a file that will not ever be located on the same drive-
I should add I'am using visual studios 2010, visual basic.net
Take All Folders Off A Drive (Format The Drive)?
Aug 10, 2010What is wrong with this code...... it should remove all folders and files on the "J" drive i am using win7 and would like to just format the drive
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory("J:", FileIO.DeleteDirectoryOption.DeleteAllContents, FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently, FileIO.UICancelOption.DoNothing)
End Sub
End Class
Get Serial Number For Drive In Vb 2008?
Apr 22, 2010Dim SerieDisco as String Dim SerDis As New FileSystemObject Public Const LDisk= "C" SerieDisco = SerDis.Drives(LDisk).SerialNumber In VB6 I did use this code and get the serial number of Driver C: But now I am traslating the application to VB 2008 and I don't know how i do it? The methot in VB 6 function with hard Drive, CD and memory card (usb)
View 9 RepliesHow To Auto-Detect USB Drive [2008]
Dec 10, 2008How to detect USB Drive (Stick) when plug/unplug in real time ?ps like : show drive label in textbox , " if plugged text1.text = E: " and " if unplugged text1.text = "" " in real tim
View 2 RepliesMonitor Drive Activity In 2008?
Jan 6, 2010I'm looking for a way to monitor drive activity using Visual Basic 2008. I want to create a small utility to simulate an LED in the system tray for drive read/write activity. I've found several such utilities that do this, but they all lack one thing or another, or they are over bloated with stuff I don't want or need, etc. I want to write my own so it will be like I want it. To get started, I need to know how to monitor drive activity.
View 4 RepliesMonitor Drive Activity In Vb 2008?
Jan 6, 2010I'm looking for a way to monitor drive activity using Visual Basic 2008. I want to create a small utility to simulate an LED in the system tray for drive read/write activity. I've found several such utilities that do this, but they all lack one thing or another, or they are over bloated with stuff I don't want or need, etc. I want to write my own so it will be like I want it. To get started, I need to know how to monitor drive activity.
View 1 RepliesVS 2008 - Copy Exe To Usb Flash Drive?
Jan 10, 2012I have a program that I want to copy itself onto a USB flash drive or any other type of drive connected to the computer. Is it as simple as using the File.Copy method? Can I copy my own running exe?Basically I want them to copy it to a memory or external hard drive and then run it there on another computer. I'm not using any special controls and I know the framework will need to be on the computers it is run on.
View 1 RepliesVS 2008 - How To Monitor Drive Activity
Jan 6, 2010I'm looking for a way to monitor drive activity using Visual Basic 2008. I want to create a small utility to simulate an LED in the system tray for drive read/write activity. I've found several such utilities that do this, but they all lack one thing or another, or they are over bloated with stuff I don't want or need, etc. I want to write my own so it will be like I want it. To get started, I need to know how to monitor drive activity.
View 3 RepliesVS 2008 A From To Backup To A Drive From My Computer
Aug 19, 2010A form that will have a drop down menu that will display the drives available in My computer. I really only want this list to show USB drives, but I wouldn't know how to limit the list to only show certain drive letters. And then how you would know what Drive letter would appear.So they would select there backup location from the drop down. Then the next option would be to select from 3 or 4 different different options that would have have radio buttons next to the options that you could select. Would be like: Playlists, Schedule, Media Library. They could select all or one of these. Each of these would represent a folder, or File that would be copied to a folder on the selected USB drive. Then the final button would be labelled Backup, and upon pressing that depending on what options were selected files would start to copy.
Now I know how to do the final copy part kinda, what I don't know is how to do is select the destination on the fly from what was selected in the drop down menu. And then how to make sure that what is being copied is that that is selected from the check boxes.
VS 2008 Checking If A Drive Exists?
Feb 9, 2011I'm checking is a file exists as follows.
If txtGradeObs.Text = "" Or Dir(txtGradeObs.Text) = "" Then
MsgBox("Specify the Grade job of Obstructions", vbExclamation, MsgBoxTitle)
Exit Sub
End If
I get an error if the drive does not exist - i.e. G: rather than C:. It used to work in VB6. How can I get it to work.
VS 2008 Detect If Media Is In CD/DVD Drive
May 20, 2009I need to detect if a [blank] media (CD/DVD) is inserted into the D: drive for an internal software I'm writing. The drive is static as drive D:. How can I tell if media is inserted, first off, and secondly, is it possible to tell if it's blank?
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