Re: [Tutor] CD ROM Drive

2008-07-16 Thread Neven Goršić
2008/7/16 Neven Goršić <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Neven Goršić wrote: >>> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I am using Python 2.5.2 on WinXP Pro and I want to detect all disk drives. >>> I have C:, D: and E: hard disks and F: DVD ROM. >> >> Use WM

Re: [Tutor] CD ROM Drive

2008-07-16 Thread Neven Goršić
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Neven Goršić wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I am using Python 2.5.2 on WinXP Pro and I want to detect all disk drives. >> I have C:, D: and E: hard disks and F: DVD ROM. > > Use WMI: > > http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi_cookbook.html

Re: [Tutor] CD ROM Drive

2008-07-16 Thread Tim Golden
Neven Goršić wrote: That is OK. But when I run program with that single command from Windows Explorer I get Windows alert Window: "No disk! Please insert a disk into drive F:" That alert stops program and I must respond with: Cancel, Try again or Continue. The alert remains even with try, excep

Re: [Tutor] CD ROM Drive

2008-07-16 Thread Tim Golden
Neven Goršić wrote: Hi! I am using Python 2.5.2 on WinXP Pro and I want to detect all disk drives. I have C:, D: and E: hard disks and F: DVD ROM. Use WMI: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi_cookbook.html#find-drive-types (mutatis mutandis) When I try to use os.access method with writing c

[Tutor] CD ROM Drive

2008-07-16 Thread Neven Goršić
Hi! I am using Python 2.5.2 on WinXP Pro and I want to detect all disk drives. I have C:, D: and E: hard disks and F: DVD ROM. When I try to use os.access method with writing checking I get True testing DVD ROM Drive with DVD media inside (which is not writable). 1. Why? DVD disk is not writable!