| New Mexico Mark |
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| 2002-10-11 05:24 PM |
Determine file system type w/o WMI
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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
Lonkero
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| (KiX Master Guru) |
| 2002-10-11 05:30 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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sure... well, should be.
just a sec.
| Sealeopard |
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| 2002-10-11 05:36 PM |
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The first line of CHKDSK contains the file system. You could then use e.g. WSHPipe to get the results into KIXtart.
| New Mexico Mark |
| (Hey THIS is FUN) |
| 2002-10-11 05:45 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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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.
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Mark
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Lonkero
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| (KiX Master Guru) |
| 2002-10-11 05:47 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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filesystem... windows3.1 compliant...
can't test, would need a machine which such systemdisk.
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Lonkero
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| 2002-10-11 05:52 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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mark, check convert.
it seems good enough
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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
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| New Mexico Mark |
| (Hey THIS is FUN) |
| 2002-10-11 05:54 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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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
| Waltz |
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| 2002-10-11 06:04 PM |
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win xp prof utility?
fsutil fsinfo [volumeinfo] RootPathname
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Lonkero
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| 2002-10-11 06:05 PM |
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waltz, does that support remote?
| Waltz |
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| 2002-10-11 06:08 PM |
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dunno, haven't used it, just found a reference to it here --- FSUTIL
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Lonkero
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| 2002-10-11 06:11 PM |
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it seems that it might, but no info given there...
also, if it does, does it need the remote computer to support wmi etc...
| Waltz |
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| 2002-10-11 06:15 PM |
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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 ]
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Lonkero
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| (KiX Master Guru) |
| 2002-10-11 07:35 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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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.
| Waltz |
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| 2002-10-11 07:50 PM |
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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?
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Lonkero
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| (KiX Master Guru) |
| 2002-10-11 08:31 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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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
| MCA |
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| 2002-12-05 02:51 PM |
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Re: Determine file system type w/o WMI
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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.