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Script that demonstrates automatic identification of physical storage media using Python and the Windows API. Only works on Windows! Requires the win32 api module, which can be installed using:

pip install pywin32

(Apparently at some point in time there was an alternative package named "pypiwin32", but I'm not entirely sure if it's still used).

Usage

python detectStorageMediaType.py [-h] drives [drives ...]

Positional arguments:

• drives: one or more logical drive names

Example:

python detectStorageMediaType.py A D E

Result:

Drive:                   A
Media type:              F3_1Pt44_512

Drive:                   D
Media type:              RemovableMedia
Device type:             FILE_DEVICE_CD_ROM
Supported media types:
                         CD_ROM
                         RemovableMedia

Drive:                   E
Media type:              RemovableMedia
Device type:             FILE_DEVICE_DISK
Supported media types:
                         RemovableMedia