Volume Information

The GetVolumeInformation function retrieves information about the file system on a given volume. This information includes the volume name, volume serial number, file system name, file system flags, maximum length of a file name, and so on. The SetVolumeLabel function sets the label of a file system volume.

The GetSystemDirectory and GetWindowsDirectory functions retrieve the paths to the system directory and the Windows directory, respectively.

The GetDiskFreeSpace function retrieves organizational information about a volume, including the number of bytes per sector, the number of sectors per cluster, the number of free clusters, and the total number of clusters.

The GetDriveType function indicates whether the volume referenced by the specified drive letter is a removable, fixed, CD-ROM, RAM, or network drive.

The GetLogicalDrives function identifies the volumes present. The GetLogicalDriveStrings function retrieves a null-terminated string for each volume present. Use these strings whenever a root directory is required.