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Subject: Re: Detecting System Drive ( urgent help )
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:18:46 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <fp2sop$hsl$1@fred.mathworks.com>,
Mamata Kukreja <mamata_kukreja@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I want to read images from an external source eg mobile .. 
>how to read is clear but how do we detect the system drive
>.. ie wen i connect the data cable .. how to detect whether
>its  E: or F: or watever differing from system to system.

>Configuring the USB port ??

Your question is outside of the reach of Matlab. Matlab does
not recognize "system drives". (Matlab currently runs on
four operating systems, three of which do not have such a
thing as a "system drive".)
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