List Drives using Command Prompt & PowerShell
If you regularly work with the Command Prompt or PowerShell, you may need to copy files from or to an external drive, at such, and many other times, you may need to display the drives within the console window. In this post, we will show you how you can list drives using Command Prompt or PowerShell in Windows desktop version and windows servers.
List Drives using Command Prompt
Use WMIC. Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems.Open a command prompt and run below command:
wmic logicaldisk get name
Press Enter and you will see the list of Drives.
We can also use the following parameter:
wmic logicaldisk get caption
Using the following will display Device ID and volume name as well:
wmic logicaldisk get deviceid, volumename, description
Windows also includes an additional command-line tool for file, system and disk management, called Fsutil. This utility helps you lits files, change the short name of a file, find files by SID’s (Security Identifier) and perform other complex tasks. You can also use fsutil to display drives.
Use the following command:
fsutil fsinfo drives
You can also use Diskpart to get a list of drives along with some more details. The Diskpart utility can do everything that the Disk Management console can do, and more! It’s invaluable for script writers or anyone who simply prefers working at a command prompt.
Open CMD and type diskpart. Next use the following command:
list volume
List Drives using PowerShell
To display drives using PowerShell, type powershell in the same CMD windows and hit Enter. This will open a PowerShell window.
Now use the following command:
get-psdrive –psprovider filesystem
We hope this will helps..!
