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#30565 - 2002-10-11 05:24 PM Determine file system type w/o WMI
New Mexico Mark New Mexico Mark Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-01-03 Posts: 223 Loc: Columbia, SC	We have some legacy NT systems that are still running with FAT c: partitions. We will be touching all our systems in the next few weeks with some general security changes, and I want to run Convert.exe on those systems, but only if they are FAT. They may or may not have WMI extensions installed. Is there a straightforward way determine file system type from a script without WMI? Thanks, NMM
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#30566 - 2002-10-11 05:30 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	sure... well, should be. just a sec. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30567 - 2002-10-11 05:36 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11164 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	The first line of CHKDSK contains the file system. You could then use e.g. WSHPipe to get the results into KIXtart. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#30568 - 2002-10-11 05:45 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
New Mexico Mark New Mexico Mark Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-01-03 Posts: 223 Loc: Columbia, SC	Thanks. That would work, but I'm looking for a little less time consuming method, as chkdsk takes a while to run, even in read-only mode. (I know... picky, picky.) Let me poke around in the resource kit to see if there is a utility there. If you have another ace up your sleeve, though, I'm interested. Mark
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#30569 - 2002-10-11 05:47 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	filesystem... windows3.1 compliant... can't test, would need a machine which such systemdisk. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30570 - 2002-10-11 05:52 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	mark, check convert. it seems good enough if you write on commandpromt: convert %systemdrive% /fs:NTFS it says: "drive c: already is NTFS" so, making it: convert %systemdrive% /fs:NTFS >NUL you can call it whenever you want and as many times you want. and, it's not WMI _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30571 - 2002-10-11 05:54 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
New Mexico Mark New Mexico Mark Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2002-01-03 Posts: 223 Loc: Columbia, SC	Hey, the simplest solutions are the best. Sounds great. FWIW, srvinfo.exe from the 2K resource kit returns a slew of good information that could be piped into a KIX script. Thanks all! Mark
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#30572 - 2002-10-11 06:04 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Waltz Waltz Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-01 Posts: 485 Loc: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	win xp prof utility? fsutil fsinfo [volumeinfo] RootPathname _________________________ We all live in a Yellow Subroutine...
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#30573 - 2002-10-11 06:05 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	waltz, does that support remote? _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30574 - 2002-10-11 06:08 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Waltz Waltz Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-01 Posts: 485 Loc: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	dunno, haven't used it, just found a reference to it here --- FSUTIL _________________________ We all live in a Yellow Subroutine...
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#30575 - 2002-10-11 06:11 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	it seems that it might, but no info given there... also, if it does, does it need the remote computer to support wmi etc... _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30576 - 2002-10-11 06:15 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Waltz Waltz Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-01 Posts: 485 Loc: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	It's fast and does work remotely - I tested on a wmi enabled remote machine on both an NTFS and a FAT drive. To do: test on a non-wmi enabled machine FYI... I mapped X: to the remote machine and entered ' fsutil fsinfo volumeinfo x:\ ' at the dos command line. [ 11. October 2002, 19:32: Message edited by: Waltz ] _________________________ We all live in a Yellow Subroutine...
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#30577 - 2002-10-11 07:35 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	mmm... still, it is dos tool... quess the convert itself is the best. it can be run from logonscript and it sets the @error for information collection so no dos pipes needed. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30578 - 2002-10-11 07:50 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Waltz Waltz Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2002-08-01 Posts: 485 Loc: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada	six of one, half-dozen of the other? not that it matters, but aren't we both parsing a returned string from a dos command? _________________________ We all live in a Yellow Subroutine...
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#30579 - 2002-10-11 08:31 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	nope. with convert all you need to do (no installs, no tools): shell "%comspec% /C convert %systemdrive% /fs:NTFS >nul" then if you want to create somekind of check info: shell "%comspec% /C convert %systemdrive% /fs:NTFS >nul" if @error=4 "already ntfs" endif no parsing _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#30580 - 2002-12-05 02:51 PM Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
MCA MCA KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-04-28 Posts: 5152 Loc: Netherlands, EU	Dear, Another way is by using our script disksize.zip, which you can find on our site. Related topic KIX-SCRIPT: how to determine your local disk configuration (fe. HPFS,NTFS,FAT) + size greetings. _________________________ email scripting@wanadoo.nl homepage scripting@wanadoo.nl \| Links \| Summary of Site Site KiXforms FAQ kixtart.org library collection mirror MCA \| FAQ & UDF help file UDF kixtart.org library collection mirror MCA \| mirror USA \| mirror europe UDF scriptlogic library collection UDFs \| mirror MCA
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