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Enumerate and Auto-Detect USB Drives

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This article describes how to use the .NET System.Management WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) wrappers to enumerate and describe USB disk drives. It also includes a non-Interop solution for detecting drive state changes as they come online or go offline.

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