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Matthew Wai said:

Run the following and post the output:

Code:

PowerShell GWMI -Class MSFT_PhysicalDisk -Namespace root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage^|Select FriendlyName,MediaType

Code:

PowerShell "GWMI -Class MSFT_PhysicalDisk -Namespace root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage | Select FriendlyName, MediaType"

FriendlyName      MediaType
------------      ---------
TOSHIBA MK6034GSX         0

Matthew Wai said:

Run the following and post the output:

Code:

PowerShell Get-PhysicalDisk^|Select DeviceID, MediaType, BusType, FriendlyName^|Sort DeviceID

Code:

PowerShell "Get-PhysicalDisk | Select DeviceID, MediaType, BusType, FriendlyName | Sort DeviceID"

DeviceID MediaType   BusType FriendlyName
-------- ---------   ------- ------------
0        Unspecified SATA    TOSHIBA MK6034GSX

Matthew Wai said:

It considers your HDD to be "Unspecified", which is the problem.

Surely this is also likely to apply to SOME USBs and External HDDs/SSDs.

Paul Black said:

Code:

PowerShell "GWMI -Class MSFT_PhysicalDisk -Namespace root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage | Select FriendlyName, MediaType"

FriendlyName      MediaType
------------      ---------
TOSHIBA MK6034GSX         0

Paul Black said:

Code:

PowerShell "Get-PhysicalDisk | Select DeviceID, MediaType, BusType, FriendlyName | Sort DeviceID"

DeviceID MediaType   BusType FriendlyName
-------- ---------   ------- ------------
0        Unspecified SATA    TOSHIBA MK6034GSX

0 [USB] and SATA?

Matthew Wai said:

@Paul Black,

Please run the following command and post the output:

PowerShell Get-PhysicalDisk^|Select MediaType, BusType, SpindleSpeed, FriendlyName

Code:

PowerShell "Get-PhysicalDisk | Select MediaType, BusType, SpindleSpeed, FriendlyName"

MediaType   BusType SpindleSpeed FriendlyName
---------   ------- ------------ ------------
Unspecified SATA               0 TOSHIBA MK6034GSX

I then inserted a USB:

Code:

PowerShell "Get-PhysicalDisk | Select MediaType, BusType, SpindleSpeed, FriendlyName"

MediaType   BusType SpindleSpeed FriendlyName
---------   ------- ------------ ------------
Unspecified SATA               0 TOSHIBA MK6034GSX
Unspecified USB                0 Kingston DataTraveler G3

It proves that BusType is more reliable than MediaType.

Matthew Wai said:

@Paul Black and @zbook and @jbcarreon123,

Please run the following command and post the output:

PowerShell Get-PhysicalDisk^|Select MediaType, BusType, SpindleSpeed, FriendlyName

The following is my example:

Code:

C:\Users\Matthew_Wai>PowerShell Get-PhysicalDisk^|Select MediaType, BusType, SpindleSpeed, FriendlyName

MediaType   BusType SpindleSpeed FriendlyName
---------   ------- ------------ ------------
Unspecified USB                0 Kingston DataTraveler 2.0
HDD         SATA         Unknown ST500DM002-1BD142
Unspecified USB                0 PNY OU3 3.0

Code:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22000.438]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

==============================
  jbcarreon123's CMD AutoRun
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  PC Name: JB-PC
  RunAs Admin? True
  Windows Version:
  Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
==============================

C:\Users\jbcarreon123>PowerShell Get-PhysicalDisk^|Select MediaType, BusType, SpindleSpeed, FriendlyName

MediaType   BusType SpindleSpeed FriendlyName
---------   ------- ------------ ------------
SSD         SATA               0 Patriot Burst
Unspecified USB                0 Flash USB Disk
Unspecified USB                0 Generic Flash Disk
Unspecified USB                0 USB DISK 2.0



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