pls i need a simple vb.net code that monitors file copy to external drive..

you mean like a progress bar?

No. When a file, eg. "me.jpg" is copied to an external device like USB or CD, the program should be able to record it on a text file or access db.

Pls i still need ur help

The following code is for a console application that watches a specified folder e.g "C:\Test", or even "C:\" for creation of new files and writing the info to the Console. Run the application, type 'f' and hit enter at the "Enter a command (f, x)" prompt. Entering 'x' closes the application. Select a folder using the dialog that appears and click OK. The selected folder is echoed to the Console window. Copy and paste a file into the folder selected from the dialog and the pasted file name is written to the Console. Converting this to the a windows form application and/or logging the copy operation to a file or db is a trivial process.

Using the FileSystemWatcher has its limitations. For one, tiny file copy operations notifications could quickly fill up the FileSystemWatcher buffer causing notifications to be lost. Read on StackOverflow and around on the web on increasing the buffer size and other effective methods of watching the file system for ex. coding a file system filter driver.

Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Security.Permissions

Module Module1

    Private _folderToWatch As String

    <PermissionSet(SecurityAction.Demand, Name:="FullTrust">
    Sub Main()

        Dim command As Char
        Dim exitCase As Boolean = False

        While (True And Not exitCase)
            Console.WriteLine("Enter a command (f, x)"
            command = Console.ReadLine()

            Select Case command
                Case "f"
                    SelectFolder()
                    Console.WriteLine("Watching: " & _folderToWatch)

                    Dim watcher As New FileSystemWatcher()
                    watcher.Path = _folderToWatch
                    watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = True

                    watcher.NotifyFilter = (NotifyFilters.LastAccess Or NotifyFilters.LastWrite Or
                                            NotifyFilters.FileName Or NotifyFilters.DirectoryName Or
                                            NotifyFilters.CreationTime)

                    AddHandler watcher.Created, AddressOf OnCreated

                    watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = True

                Case "x"
                    exitCase = True

            End Select
        End While

    End Sub

    Private Sub OnCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As FileSystemEventArgs)
        Console.WriteLine("File: " & e.FullPath & " " & e.ChangeType)
    End Sub

    Public Sub SelectFolder()
        Dim dialog As New FolderBrowserDialog()

        With dialog
            .RootFolder = Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop
            .SelectedPath = "C:\"
            .Description = "Select the directory to watch"
            If .ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
                _folderToWatch = .SelectedPath
            End If
        End With
    End Sub

End Module

^Thanks. I appreciate. More suggestions pls

that is probably the only way.. Unless you want to move the files from inside software that does the monitoring

I like this.

OR
(I don't do VB but this method can work only if it is possible to get the drive the "copy file" program is working on)
you can do if drive != "C"or "D" register the name of the file that is being copied...