A comprehensive .NET library for identifying and categorizing disk drives and storage devices. This utility provides detailed information about physical, virtual, network, and removable storage devices in Windows systems.

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• Detection of local, removable, network, and virtual drives
• Determination of mount types (physical, virtual, network)
• Detection of removable media with or without media present
• Comprehensive hardware information including:
  • Interface types and bus connections
  • Serial numbers and model information
  • Drive health status
  • Partition style (MBR/GPT)
• Output formatting for both console tables and CSV
• Support for filtering by device type and ready status

PM> Install-Package DiskDeviceUtility

dotnet add package DiskDeviceUtility

// Create an instance of the disk info utility
DiskDeviceInfo diskInfo = new DiskDeviceInfo();

// Get all disk devices
List<DiskDevice> allDevices = diskInfo.GetDiskDevices();

// Get only ready/mounted local drives
List<DiskDevice> localDrives = diskInfo.GetDiskDevices(DeviceType.Local, true);

// Print disk information to console
diskInfo.PrintDiskDevices(allDevices);

// Export to CSV
diskInfo.PrintDiskDevices(allDevices, OutputFormat.CSV);

// Get all disk devices including empty card readers or optical drives
List<DiskDevice> allDevices = diskInfo.GetDiskDevices(onlyReady: false);

// Check which removable devices have media
foreach (DiskDevice device in allDevices.Where(d => d.DeviceType == DeviceType.Removable)) {
    Console.WriteLine($"{device.Model}: {(device.IsReady ? "Has Media" : "No Media")}");
}

// Get only network drives
List<DiskDevice> networkDrives = diskInfo.GetDiskDevices(DeviceType.Network);

foreach (DiskDevice drive in networkDrives) {
    Console.WriteLine($"{drive.DriveLetter} -> {drive.DeviceID}");
}

List<DiskDevice> allDevices = diskInfo.GetDiskDevices();

var physicalDrives = allDevices.Where(d => d.MountType == MountType.Physical);
var virtualDrives = allDevices.Where(d => d.MountType == MountType.Virtual);

Console.WriteLine($"Physical drives: {physicalDrives.Count()}");
Console.WriteLine($"Virtual drives: {virtualDrives.Count()}");

The main class for retrieving disk device information.

• GetDiskDevices(DeviceType? deviceTypeFilter = null, Boolean onlyReady = false)
  Returns a list of disk devices matching the specified filters.

• PrintDiskDevices(List devices, OutputFormat format = OutputFormat.Table)
  Prints disk information to the console in the specified format.

Represents a single disk device with its properties.

• DriveLetter: Drive letter with colon (e.g., "C:")
• VolumeName: Volume label or name of the drive
• DeviceType: Type of storage device (Local, Removable, etc.)
• MountType: How the device is mounted (Physical, Network, Virtual)
• IsReady: Whether the drive has media and is ready for I/O operations
• FileSystem: File system format (NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, etc.)
• TotalSize: Total size of the drive in bytes
• FreeSpace: Available free space in bytes
• DeviceID: Windows device ID
• Model: Manufacturer and model information
• SerialNumber: Serial number of the device
• InterfaceType: Interface type (IDE, SATA, SCSI, USB, etc.)
• MediaType: Media type (Fixed hard disk, Removable media, etc.)
• FirmwareRevision: Firmware revision of the device
• Manufacturer: Device manufacturer name
• PartitionStyle: Partition style (MBR, GPT, etc.)
• BytesPerSector: Sector size in bytes
• HealthStatus: Health status of the device if available
• VolumeGuid: GUID of the volume
• BusType: Bus type (USB, SATA, NVMe, etc.)
• LastAccessed: Timestamp of when the drive was last accessed

• Unknown: Unknown device type
• Local: Fixed local disk (internal HDD, SSD)
• Removable: Removable media (USB drives, memory cards)
• Network: Network mapped drive
• CDRom: Optical drive (CD, DVD, Blu-ray)
• Ram: RAM disk

• Unknown: Mount type could not be determined
• Physical: Physical device (directly connected via hardware interface)
• Network: Network mounted device
• Virtual: Virtual device (software-based)

• Table: Formatted table output
• CSV: CSV format for data import

• .NET Framework 4.5+ or .NET Core 3.1+/NET 5.0+
• System.Management.dll (for enhanced Windows features)

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Lynne Whitehorn / Silver Star Brands (https://github.com/lynnewu)

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