How can I determine if an SSD drive is fixed drive or connected on USB?

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Is it possible to determine if an SSD drive is connected on USB or if is fixed disk (connected to motherboard)?

This is a platform specific issue and you forgot to mention the platform and OS. — Thomas Matthews, Nov 06 '19 at 15:54

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 06 '19 at 15:02

If you are on Windows, you can use GetDriveType.

Sample usage:

UINT nType = GetDriveType(_T("C:\\"))

Return values for nType:

DRIVE_FIXED: The drive has fixed media; for example, a hard disk drive or flash drive.

DRIVE_REMOVABLE: The drive has removable media; for example, a floppy drive, thumb drive, or flash card reader.

To check if it's USB drive, you must call for SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryProperty.

You can find a sample code here and here.

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