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DriveExists - Check whether a logical drive exists
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Private Declare Function GetLogicalDriveStrings Lib "kernel32" Alias _
  "GetLogicalDriveStringsA" (ByVal nBufferLength As Long, _
  ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
  
' Check whether a given drive exist
' Note that this returns True even if the drive isn't currently ready
' (e.g. a diskette isn't in drive A:)
  
Function DriveExists(ByVal sDrive As String) As Boolean
  Dim buffer As String
  buffer = Space(64)
  ' return False if invalid argument
  If Len(sDrive) = 0 Then Exit Function
  'get the string that contains all drives
  GetLogicalDriveStrings Len(buffer), buffer
  ' check that the letter we're looking for is there
  DriveExists = InStr(1, buffer, Left$(sDrive, 1), vbTextCompare)
End Function


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