How to detect if a USB or CD or any other drive is inserted using c++???

[3hMz8vqX]

Hi all,
How to detect if a USB or CD or any other drive is inserted using c++???
I want to detect only drives no other hardware!
Thankyou everyone in advance!!! :)

[ltc]

You can read at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363432%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Hope it helps!

[3hMz8vqX]

Please, can anyone give me a simpler one???:)

[Computergeek01]

Are you intimidated by the length? At least a third of that is commentary so that you know what each section of code is doing. It's meant to study from not to plug and go.

[ltc]

Here is an example for detecting the inserted USB
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/119168/Hardware-Change-Detection

[3hMz8vqX]

Hi all,
can I use GetDriveType() to detect USB. I could constantly run a loop of all drives A to Z and check if it is a Removable drive CD etc...
Any help on that?

[ltc]

can I use GetDriveType() to detect USB?
--> Yes.
GetDriveType() method discriminate the driver type (HDD, USB, DVD driver). However, when you plug new USB into computer, OS doesn't notify to your software

[3hMz8vqX]

I said its run as a constant loop!
GetDriveType() is run inside a while loop ...
and my program is a background process:)

[ltc]

of course, you can do that.
But about performance, it's not good

[3hMz8vqX]

Can you please tell me how to improve performance on my code?

[modoran]

By using RegisterDeviceNotificaton, of course.

Anyway, no offence, but you put so many questions and doing nothing on your own. What do you expect, an already written code for copy-pasting ?

Try to understand what the code works by writing it yourself. Does not work ? Write again !

[13bSLyTq]

Yes, exactly what I said before and few users got annoyed, although I hope people will listen to you, as you are a older member here and most likely a known one.

I bet you now, he will say - "I fixed my problem" or some BS like that. When in reality he did not. Anyway, not to be rude - but programmer must has his\her own strong research qualities. Copy Pasting will get him no where.

[Dy7SLyTq]

is there a better way on linux than checking whats in the dev/proc folder?

[3hMz8vqX]

Hi,
The reason why I didnt use RegisterDeviceNotification is because Im developing a small scale application...
Anyways,
Thankyou all for your help:)

[modoran]

For Linux I think using libudev is the best choice from user mode:
http://www.signal11.us/oss/udev/

[13bSLyTq]

As told you, he will try some BS to close this to avoid his Copy pasting to be shown in public.
Anyway modoran, you are a well polite guy lol. Unlike me.

[3hMz8vqX]

Sorry, if you guys got annoyed,
but Im not a copy paster:)

[Dy7SLyTq]

Then show us your source code