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sub drives { my @drives = (); eval{require Win32API::File;}; return map {"$_:\\"} ('C' .. 'Z') if $@; my @r = Win32API::File::getLogicalDrives(); return unless @r > 0; for (@r) { my $t = Win32API::File::GetDriveType($_); push @drives, $_ if ($t == 3 or $t == 4); } return @drives > 0 ? @drives : undef; }