>>I know hardly anything about the Windows API. But, my understanding is that Windows Explorer is actually the default shell for Windows, and that DriveInfo()-type functions use lower-level calls into the filesystem. So the difference might be something like
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>>- Explorer uses "Shell API" calls
>>- DriveInfo() uses "Filesystem API" calls
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>>if that makes any sense.
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>Some says that a way to do it would be to develop and install a client on the remote box, which would serve as making that information available to the Windows box. But, in our case, this would not apply.

I think the key is that the info you need is visible in Windows Explorer. So, you just have to employ the same calls it uses to get that information. It seems unnecessary to develop a Linux process to run on the TeraStation. Besides which, you generally don't want to make mods to a purpose-built device like that unless you have to.