.Net code to Detect When an External Drive is Mounted?

[Sped]

Hi,

I'm looking for some code to monitor for when an external drive is
connected to a computer (USB ThumbDrive, External Hard Drive, etc.) and
is assigned a drive letter.

I'd want my code to trigger off of the mounting process so I can search
for a specific file on that hard drive (which is always guaranteed to
be in a specific spot).

Is this a Windows Event I can attach to?

Either Vb.net or C# code would be extremely helpful.

Thanks,
Sp*******@erstads.com
(sorry for the cross-post - not sure what groups are monitored these
days)

[Not Aaron]

Well I dont know if this would work, but you could set a string array
to "Environment.GetLogicalDrives" and then you can store the length of
the array (number of drives). Once the length of the array changes,
you know another drive letter has been added.

This isn't an Event though, but might give you some other ideas.
Hope this helps.

[Sped Erstad]

I actually found a couple of good resources on trapping for the event.
Here's some good C# code to detect when a USB device is attached:

http://www.codecomments.com/archive2...-4-185490.html

Works pretty well.

I will probably use your trigger to loop through the drives though - I'm
looking for one specific file when an Ipod is connected to the computer.

Thanks for the reponse.
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