/// <summary>
/// <para>Gets all available disks of the specified <paramref name="Type"/></para>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="Type"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static List <StorageDisk> GetAvailableDisks(DeviceType Type)
{
string query = "SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive";
if (Type != DeviceType.Any)
{
query += " WHERE InterfaceType = '" + Type.ToString() + "'";
}
ManagementObjectCollection drives = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query).Get();
List <StorageDisk> disks = new List <StorageDisk>();
foreach (ManagementObject drive in drives) // browse all queried WMI physical disks
{
StorageDisk diskDrive = CreateStorageDiskFromDrive(drive);
disks.Add(diskDrive);
ManagementObjectCollection partitions = new ManagementObjectSearcher(String.Format("ASSOCIATORS OF {{Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID='{0}'}} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition", drive["DeviceID"])).Get(); // associate physical disks with partitions
foreach (ManagementObject partition in partitions)
{
ManagementObjectCollection logicals = new ManagementObjectSearcher(String.Format("ASSOCIATORS OF {{Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID='{0}'}} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition", partition["DeviceID"])).Get(); // associate partitions with logical disks (drive letter volumes)
foreach (ManagementObject logical in logicals)
{
ManagementObjectCollection volumes = new ManagementObjectSearcher(String.Format("SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk WHERE Name='{0}'", logical["Name"])).Get();
if (volumes.Count == 0)
{
diskDrive.AddPartition(new Partition(logical));
}
else
{
foreach (ManagementObject volume in volumes)
{
diskDrive.AddPartition(new Partition(volume));
break;
}
}
}
}
}
return(disks);
}
