Detecting DVD Drive

[slettebo]

Is it possible to detect witch drive letter the DVD Drive uses..

eg. The envirement variable for the system drive is %systemdrive%. Is there a variable for the DVD Drive or a great script that can find it.

[Strat79]

There is %CDROM% which would include DVD drives also. Or do you have a CD rom and a DVD drive, and want to pick the DVD only? Like something that will differentiate between them?

[Aaron]

You need to create an environment variable for the DVD drive. This command script works well for detecting your drive, based on what file is on the DVD disc itself:

IF EXIST D:\somefile.txt set CDROM=D:
IF EXIST E:\somefile.txt set CDROM=E:
IF EXIST F:\somefile.txt set CDROM=F:
IF EXIST G:\somefile.txt set CDROM=G:
IF EXIST H:\somefile.txt set CDROM=H:
IF EXIST I:\somefile.txt set CDROM=I:
IF EXIST J:\somefile.txt set CDROM=J:

"CDROM" can be changed to any variable you want, like "DVDROM" so that it becomes set as %DVDROM% instead (The environment variable only works in the current session. When the command prompt window is closed the %DVDROM% variable is gone).

[Strat79]

Cool, thanks Aaron. I didn't know that myself. Learn something new everyday.

[slettebo]

Thank's