July 11th, 2015

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Get Disk Drive Overview

Doctor Scripto
Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to obtain a disk drive overview.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to get a quick overview of my disk drives?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Open Windows PowerShell with Admin rights, and use the Get-Disk function to retrieve
           the disk number, operational status, health status, friendly name, and size, for example:

Get-Disk | select number, operation*, health*, friendly*, size

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Scripting
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PowerTipScripting Guy!Windows PowerShell

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