Add some new string...

[CyborgTJB]

I know you guys can do it. So, here is a question...

How to add
1. HDD Uses in %
2. HDD Read/Write speed per second separately (Left site Read, Right side Write)
3. HDD Partition type (I know it's NTFS but it will be cool to see it.)
4. HDD is SATA or ATA or USB

Just have to add with the HDD code. You can kick out current code for USB drives.
I can't upload the skin here so this is other place (deviantart.com) I upload it.
http://fav.me/dak9j23

Thank you in advance...

[Bekarfel]

1: dividing free disk space by total disk space will give you %free disk space
2: you will need to use the PerfMon plugin with LogicalDisk (instructions beyond this are beyond my ability to offer. Explore perfmon.exe for heaps of options and a little technical explanation)
3: and 4: are beyond the ability of rainmeter's suite of DLLs. A third party DLL could be made to perform the functions

[CyborgTJB]

Thank you buddy but I didn't understand your language. It was like
Lets think A=B
Proved that A=B.
Sorry man.
You provably need to download my rearrange skin at "http://fav.me/dak9j23"
Then you will know Why I want it.
In simple answer I want it because its not there.

[CyberTheWorm]

Try having a look at this it should help you out https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual-beta/plugins/perfmon/

[balala]

How to add
1. HDD Uses in %

As Bekarfel said above, if you divide the used disk space by the total disk space, you'll get the percentage of the used disk space (well, he talked about the free space, but the idea is the same). For this you need a Calc measure. In the following code, the [MeasureTotalDiskSpace] and the [MeasureUsedDiskSpace] measures get the total and respectively the used disk space, while the [MeasureUsedDiskSpacePercentage] measure calculates the needed percentage. It returns a number between 0 (which means 0%) and 1 (100%). The [MeterDisk] meter will show this result as a percentage (between 0% and 100%, due to its Percentual=1 option):

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Variables]
Drive=C:

[MeasureTotalDiskSpace]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive#
Total=1

[MeasureUsedDiskSpace]
Measure=FreeDiskSpace
Drive=#Drive#
InvertMeasure=1

[MeasureUsedDiskSpacePercentage] 
Measure=Calc
Formula=( MeasureUsedDiskSpace / MeasureTotalDiskSpace )

[MeterDisk]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureUsedDiskSpacePercentage
X=0
Y=0
Padding=15,5,15,5
FontColor=220,220,220
SolidColor=0,0,0,150
FontSize=8
FontFace=Segoe UI
StringStyle=BOLD
StringAlign=LEFT
AntiAlias=1
Text=%1%
Percentual=1

How to add
2. HDD Read/Write speed per second separately (Left site Read, Right side Write)

Take a look to the following code: https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?p=124254#p124254
A little below on the same thread, eclectic-tech has posted a .rmskin with almost the same code.
The basic idea is the following (also see the following short code): the [MeasureDiskRead] and [MeasureDiskWrite] measures, using the PerfMon plugin, get the read and write speed, on the specified drive. The [MeterDisk] meter shows these values, scaling them (due to the AutoScale=1 option):

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1
AccurateText=1

[Variables]
Drive=C:

[MeasureDiskRead]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=PerfMon
PerfMonObject=LogicalDisk
PerfMonCounter=Disk Read Bytes/sec
PerfMonInstance=#Drive#

[MeasureDiskWrite]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=PerfMon
PerfMonObject=LogicalDisk
PerfMonCounter=Disk Write Bytes/sec
PerfMonInstance=#Drive#

[MeterDisk]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureDiskRead
MeasureName2=MeasureDiskWrite
X=0
Y=0
Padding=15,5,15,5
FontColor=220,220,220
SolidColor=0,0,0,150
FontSize=8
FontFace=Segoe UI
StringStyle=BOLD
StringAlign=LEFT
AntiAlias=1
Text=Read: %1B#CRLF#Write: %2B
AutoScale=1

How to add
3. HDD Partition type (I know it's NTFS but it will be cool to see it.)
4. HDD is SATA or ATA or USB

Here I have to agree with Bekarfel:

3: and 4: are beyond the ability of rainmeter's suite of DLLs. A third party DLL could be made to perform the functions

I don't think it would be possible with native Rainmeter. As he also said, maybe just with a third party app. But can't recommand one right now.

[CyborgTJB]

Thanks a lot Balala for the code with a the explanation.

3: and 4: are beyond the ability of rainmeter's suite of DLLs. A third party DLL could be made to perform the functions

I really don't know how but this one did it

[balala]

I really don't know how but this one did it

Where? I'm not sure I could find. I attach the image of the C: drive. Where are those information?

[CyborgTJB]

Here is my screenshot...

[balala]

Here is my screenshot...

Yeah, you're right. Those actions are done by the Drives.exe utility, provided into the @Resources folder, through the IfTrueAction options of the [MeasureFireActionC] - [MeasureFireActionZ] measures.
But here you can see that Bekarfel had right: these tasks are done by a third party app (Drive.exe).

[Brian]

One way to get the filesystem type is to use the RunCommand plugin.
wmic volume where DriveLetter="C:" get FileSystem

You will probably need to do some substitutions, but it should show you what type of filesystem the drive/partition is.

-Brian