$hasSystemFiles = $false
$disk = Get-Disk |? { $_.BusType -eq 'usb' }
If( $disk )
{
$partition = $disk | Get-Partition
If( $partition )
{
$driveletter = $partition.DriveLetter
If( -not ( [String]::IsNullOrEmpty( $driveLetter
) ) )
{
$systemDirectory = Join-Path
$driveletter “Windows\System32”
If( Test-Path $systemDirectory )
{
## whoops!
$hasSystemFiles =
$true
}
}
}
}
A bit verbose, but solid.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of David McSpadden
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line
Yes.
The users put one in each day. And send me yesterdays.
Each night at 7:00 a copy is completed from the server E: drive to the USB W:
drive.
If the logic is already built to only get USB bustype drives, what is the logic
to look for systems files as well?
*I really don’t want to be begging you guys for help on a formatted system
drive down the road.
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of CESAR.ABREG0 .
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 10:28 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] RE: format a USB drive command line
Is that the only USB drive that will ever be connected to these systems? If
not, you might need to find or set a unique identifier on them and do your
logic based on that.
I would refrain from using format or at least put logic to exist if system
files are found.
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015, 7:20 AM David McSpadden
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
So something more like this:
Get-Disk | where-Object -FilterScript {$_.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]>
[mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>]
On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:35 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Damien Solodow
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:28 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:25 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David McSpadden
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:19 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gavin Wilby
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 9:16 AM
To: '[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>'
<[email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David McSpadden
Sent: 12 November 2015 14:00
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kibble,Tony
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:48 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David McSpadden
Sent: 12 November 2015 13:36
To: [email protected]<mailto:[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. I just need to get the drive
letter to be the same every day
So I can schedule.
Server is a 2012 R2. I can use DISKPART if needed (Will need a little guidance
if it is required.)
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