Re: Detecting total and free disk/memory space

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From: Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] (hirf-spam-me-here_at_gmx.at)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:50:28 +0100

Robin,

"RobinSword" <schwortschik@gmx-dot-de.no-spam.invalid> schrieb:
> I want my VB.NET-program to detect the total and used amount of disk
> space and memory of the system. How can I do that?
> I know there is WMI, but I don't know which SELECT-Statement I have to
> build in order to get these information.

Add a reference to "System.Management.dll".

\\\
Imports System.Management
.
.
.
Dim disk As New ManagementObject("Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID=""C:""")
Dim p As PropertyData
For Each p In disk.Properties
    Console.WriteLine("{0} = {1}", p.Name, p.Value)
Next p
///

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