Is that the only USB drive that will ever be connected to these systems? If not, you might need to find or set a unique identifier on them and do your logic based on that.
I would refrain from using format or at least put logic to exist if system files are found. On Thu, Nov 12, 2015, 7:20 AM David McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote: > So something more like this: > > Get-Disk | where-Object -FilterScript {$_.BusType -Eq "USB"} | Clear-Disk > -RemoveData -Confirm:$false > > $Disk = Get-Disk | where-Object -FilterScript {$_.BusType -Eq "USB"} > > Set-Disk -InputObject $Disk -IsOffline $false > > Initialize-Disk -InputObject $Disk > > New-Partition $Disk.Number -UseMaximumSize -DriveLetter W > > Format-Volume -DriveLetter W -FileSystem NTFS -Confirm:$false > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:35 AM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > Yes. In an elevated powershell session, start here: > > > > get-command get-* -module storage > > > > Once you figure out how to uniquely identify your disk, then move to the > cmdlets that start with something like Set/Update/Format/Initialize/etc. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Damien Solodow > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:28 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > As do server 2012 and up. > > I was about to say, PowerShell FTW. > > > > Get-volume | where drivetype –eq removable > > > > Or > > > > Get-disk | where bustype –eq usb > > > > DAMIEN SOLODOW > > Senior Systems Engineer > > 317.447.6033 (office) > > 317.447.6014 (fax) > > HARRISON COLLEGE > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:25 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > What is the OS? 8/8.1/10 all have cmdlets that can deal with this kinda > stuff. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David McSpadden > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > Not really looking forward to that. > > Honestly I can say not really at all. > > > > What is the better way to do this. > > Reset the USB drive to 0 bytes then copy data to a new drive each night? > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Gavin Wilby > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:16 AM > *To:* '[email protected]' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > Im looking forward to the “I have formatted my Exchange Server system > partition, can I revert this” post. > > > > *Gavin Wilby* > > *IT Support Engineer* > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David McSpadden > *Sent:* 12 November 2015 14:00 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > Wanting to automate this. > > Just need the human to put the drive in the uSB slot. > > Let the server do the rest. > > > > I am thinking this script: > DISKPART.exe > > List Disk > > Select Disk 4(USB drive will always will be disk 4) > > Clean > > Create Partition Primary > > Select Partition=1 > > Format FS=NTFS Quick > > Active > > Assign Letter=W > > Exit > > Exit > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Kibble,Tony > *Sent:* Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:48 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line > > > > If it is the same drive each time, can you not go into Disk Management > when it is connected and then assign the drive a specific letter? > > > > Failing that you could try this utility ( which I have not tested) > http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html > > > > > > *Tony Kibble * > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David McSpadden > *Sent:* 12 November 2015 13:36 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] format a USB drive command line > > > > I have a department that puts a USB drive in their Fileserver every day. > > I would like to run a command line to format W: /q /c /FS:NTFS /V:F10%day > of month% > > However the drive letter is not always W: Some days it is D: Some H: some > whatever. > > Is there a way to command line find the USB drive, (only one each day), > assign it a letter (W:) > > Then run my format command and my backup (Copy) command later? > > The variable for day of month I have sorted. 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