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See msdn for where to get the info (on newer versions), and see Win32::Process::Info (WMI.pm) for examples of how to get at it from perl.

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Re^2: Is a drive USB, IDE or SCSI?
by slloyd (Hermit) on Dec 02, 2005 at 17:32 UTC
    I have tried WMI using the Win32_DiskDrive class but this tells partition information. It does return InterfaceType but how do I map a particular drive letter to a partiton? I spent several hours on it last night but could not get it to work.

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      You will probably need to query information from one of the other WMI classes to make the connection between drive letters, logical partitions and physical drives. OS classes page gives a list of them.

      Of particular interest to you will be Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition, Win32_LogicalDisk, Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition amongst others.

      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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