Finding Disk Partition Details

by Dec 16, 2013

To view disk partitioning information, use WMI:

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_DiskPartition | 
  Select-Object -Property * 

Next, pick the properties you are really interested in, then replace the "*" with a comma-separated list of these properties. For example:

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_DiskPartition | 
  Select-Object -Property Name, BlockSize, Description, BootPartition 

If you pick four or less properties, the result is a neat table, otherwise a list:

If you are hungry for more, use the parameter -List to search for other WMI classes, either related to "disk", or just something completely different:

 

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