How to format drive in FAT 16 format using VB.NET without user interaction
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2Without even a warning message "are you sure?" Format what *kind* of drive? – pavium Feb 16 '10 at 07:44
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Its USB drive, its user requirement after successful copy of files, it should format drive to FAT 16 without any user interaction – amita Feb 16 '10 at 09:25
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Can anyone help please on this issue? – amita Feb 17 '10 at 09:35
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This has already been asked and answered, only in C#: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1232398/how-to-programically-format-sd-card-on-fat16-on-windows-net – Helen Feb 20 '10 at 20:14
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But it does not work for vb.net – amita Feb 26 '10 at 07:56
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@amita : I answered with a translation of the c# code. Can you point out what is not working in it if you still have an issue with this code ? It seems to be working fine for me. – Matthieu Sep 14 '11 at 16:00
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That would be the VB.NET translation of this C# answer to a similar question :
Dim allDrives As DriveInfo() = DriveInfo.GetDrives()
For Each d As DriveInfo In allDrives
If d.IsReady AndAlso (d.DriveType = DriveType.Removable) Then
Dim startInfo As New ProcessStartInfo()
startInfo.FileName = "format.com"
startInfo.Arguments = "/fs:FAT /v:MyVolume /q " & d.Name.Remove(2)
startInfo.UseShellExecute = False
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
startInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
Dim p As Process = Process.Start(startInfo)
Dim processInputStream As StreamWriter = p.StandardInput
processInputStream.Write(vbCr & vbLf)
p.WaitForExit()
End If
Next
