Category Archives: Storage

These are the Get-PhysicalDisk options for identifying the disk you want -UniqueId <string> -ObjectId <string> -FriendlyName <string> -InputObject <CimInstance#MSFT_PhysicalDisk> -StorageSubsystem <CimInstance#MSFT_StorageSubsystem> -StorageEnclosure <CimInstance#MSFT_StorageEnclosure> -StorageNode <CimInstance#MSFT_StorageNode> -StoragePool <CimInstance#MSFT_StoragePool> -VirtualDisk <CimInstance#MSFT_VirtualDisk> When dealing with disks installed in the machine then the friendly … Continue reading →

So far we’ve looked at creating a single partition on a disk. This time we’ll look at how you can create multiple partitions on a disk. The are good reasons not to do this but its something I’ve seen done … Continue reading →

So far you’ve seen how to create and modify partitions and volumes. Its now time to look at how you remove a partition. Mount the test VHD Get-VHD -Path C:\test\Test1.vhdx | Mount-VHD You can’t remove a volume – you have … Continue reading →

Let’s create a new disk and mount it New-VHD -Path C:\test\Test1.vhdx -Dynamic -SizeBytes 20GB Get-VHD -Path C:\test\Test1.vhdx | Mount-VHD Initialize-Disk -Number 1 This time we’ll create a volume that only uses part of the disk New-Partition -DiskNumber 1 -DriveLetter F … Continue reading →

I’m going to be creating, using and discarding a number of VHDs for my diskpart and PowerShell series. When I have a number of them mounted I want a quick way to dismount them. Assuming I consistently keep them in … Continue reading →

Last time we created a virtual disk and mounted it. In this post we’ll initialize the disk and create a volume. Start by remounting the disk Get-VHD -Path C:\test\Test1.vhdx | Mount-VHD You can now initialize the disk: Initialize-Disk -Number 1 … Continue reading →

Before we start digging into the diskpart/Storage module functionality we need a disk to practice on. I don’t recommend using your machine’s system disk – bad things will happen. The Hyper-V module has  a New-VHD cmdlet so lets use that … Continue reading →