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How do I get a list of drive letters and their associated labels on a windows system through a bat file?

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This will get most of it:

Net Use

If you have any drives mapped via subst you would also need to get those:

Subst

For completeness, you would do it like this in Powershell (if you are on windows 7 or have installed it):

gwmi win32_LogicalDisk -filter DriveType=4

You can also do it from the command prompt or a batch file using WMI like this:

wmic logicaldisk get caption,providername,drivetype,volumename
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    This doesn't list local disk drives like any internal hard drives or cdroms. Am I missing something? Sep 4, 2009 at 21:12
  • Nope, I misunderstood the question. I thought that you only wanted mapped drives. I will edit.
    – EBGreen
    Sep 4, 2009 at 21:18
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    The wmic solution should give you everything.
    – EBGreen
    Sep 4, 2009 at 21:20
  • You need to remove the quotes from wmic logicaldisk get "caption,providername,drivetype" so that it is wmic logicaldisk get caption,providername,drivetype other wise it throws an error. EBGreen you have single handedly blown my mind for the day, I have never seen wmic even though I have been scripting various server builds for weeks and I am extremely excited to see what else I can do with it. Great job! Sep 4, 2009 at 21:24
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    wmic logicaldisk get caption,providername,drivetype,volumename the VolumeName was what I was missing, if you update yours with that I will accept it as the answer. Thanks Sep 4, 2009 at 21:31
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To use diskpart, there is no need to create an intermediate file. Try:

echo list volume | diskpart
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    This is the best answer and returns the most info about the mounted drives in a beautiful format.
    – ekerner
    May 29, 2013 at 7:41
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    but it requires admin rights Mar 1, 2017 at 7:56
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@echo off
cls
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set "_DRIVE.LETTERS.FREE=Z Y X W V U T S R Q P O N M L K J I H G F E D C B A "
for /f "skip=1 tokens=1,2 delims=: " %%a in ('wmic logicaldisk get deviceid^,volumename') do (
   set "_DRIVE.LETTERS.USED=!_DRIVE.LETTERS.USED!%%a,%%b@"
   set "_DRIVE.LETTERS.FREE=!_DRIVE.LETTERS.FREE:%%a =!"
)
set _DRIVE.LETTERS.USED=%_DRIVE.LETTERS.USED:~0,-2%
set _DRIVE.LETTERS.USED=%_DRIVE.LETTERS.USED:,@=, @%
set _DRIVE.LETTERS

Fast, flexible and efficient. Although a little complex.

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  • I don't know what versions of Windows this works on but I just tested it on my Win 7 and XP machines and got the following output from both: ` DRIVE LETTER(s):USED: " =" DRIVE LETTER(s):FREE: "!TMP_FREE_DRIVE_LETTERS!"` May 12, 2011 at 0:44
  • Sorry, you need to put this in the beginning of the batch file. setlocal enabledelayedexpansion May 12, 2011 at 3:19
  • I've edited your answer to include the missing line. It works now. +1 May 12, 2011 at 3:31
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inspired by Scott

for %i in (a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do @%i: 2>nul && set/pz=%i <nul

also shows CD drive letters and network mounted disk letters. No need to have admin rights.

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  • simple and works
    – Tyler Liu
    Feb 27, 2013 at 10:13
  • "i was unexpected at this time." Sep 7, 2015 at 9:05
  • @BeritLarsen you need to double up % symbols if running it as a batch file rather than on the command line. Oct 26, 2016 at 0:02
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If anyone is lucky enough to be using Vista (Vista Ultimate SP2 b6002, in my case) and the gwmi and wmic snippets given here don't work exactly, here is what I did to make it work.

For gwmi, if you receive no output, try changing the DriveType to 3. If still having problems, remove the -filter option altogether and analyze output.

gwmi win32_LogicalDisk -filter DriveType=3

For wmic, if you receive "Invalid GET Expression", then try putting the get expression in quotes:

wmic logicaldisk get "caption,providername,drivetype,volumename"
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mountvol

sample output

\\?\Volume{11197e59-f977-11dd-afc6-111e6f6e6963}\
   *** NO MOUNTING POINT ***

\\?\Volume{11197e59-f977-11dd-afc6-111e6f6e6963}\
   D:\

\\?\Volume{11197e59-f977-11dd-afc6-111e6f6e6963}\
   C:\

\\?\Volume{11197e59-f977-11dd-afc6-111e6f6e6963}\
   E:\
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This site has a much simpler set of calls:

http://en.code-bude.net/2013/02/23/show-all-drives-in-command-prompt/

Show local drives:

wmic logicaldisk get deviceid, volumename, description


If you want to show only drives of a particular type, the wmic command can be further expanded to include a where clause.

wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=2 get deviceid, volumename, description

Types

0 => Unknown

1 => No Root Directory

2 => Removable Disk

3 => Local Disk

4 => Network Drive

5 => Compact Disc

6 => RAM Disk

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@echo off
echo list volume > scriptdiskpart
diskpart/s scriptdiskpart
del scriptdiskpart
pause
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  • I tried this one and it didn't work. I think there needs to be a space in front of the /s but even with that change it didn't work. I put the above in a file, d.bat and I see the diskpart window flash up but then disappear and the cmd shell where I'm running this then shows the pause running.
    – slm
    Dec 21, 2011 at 3:27
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for %a in (c: d: e: f: g: h: i: j: k: l: m: n: o: p: q: r: s: t: u: v: w: x: y: z:) do @vol %a 2>&1 | find "drive"

I found the diskpart approach reports DVD drives with no disc inserted, and doesn't report SD cards with valid drive volumes

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  • does not work for windows xp
    – Tyler Liu
    Feb 27, 2013 at 10:15
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for %%p in (a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) do if exist %%p:\nul your_command_and_parameters_here
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Somewhat kludgy, but works from a batch file:

echo LIST VOLUME > temp.txt && diskpart /s temp.txt && del /q temp.txt
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Although it has enough answer, I'd like to add one when you want to use it in batch file. If you get "Invalid GET Expression", you could put a ^ before the ',', like below:

for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,4 " %%i in (`wmic logicaldisk get caption^,providername^,drivetype^,volumename 2^>NUL`) do echo %%i %%l
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  • What does this ^ do here?
    – vonbrand
    Mar 27, 2013 at 10:10
  • It is cmd.exe's escape character, similar to \ in Unix like shells.
    – gimpf
    May 12, 2013 at 11:39
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Using wmic in a for loop to determine all the available drives.

@echo off
for /f "tokens=2*delims==" %%i in ('wmic logicaldisk get caption /value') do for /f "delims=" %%d in ("%%i") do echo %%d

There is also this little hack using exit codes 65 to 90 converted to ascii which will return all Alpabetical characters A to Z with all credit to Aacini.

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /L %%i in (65,1,90) do cmd /C exit %%i & if exist "!=ExitCodeAscii!:" echo !=ExitCodeAscii!:
-1
@ECHO OFF
IF NOT EXIST A: GOTO B
:A
VOL A:
:B
IF NOT EXIST B: GOTO C
VOL B:
:C
IF NOT EXIST C: GOTO D
VOL C:
:D
IF NOT EXIST D: GOTO E
VOL D:
:E
IF NOT EXIST E: GOTO F
VOL E:
:F
IF NOT EXIST F: GOTO G
VOL F:
:G
IF NOT EXIST G: GOTO H
VOL G:
:H
IF NOT EXIST H: GOTO I
VOL H:
:I
IF NOT EXIST I: GOTO J
VOL I:
:J
IF NOT EXIST J: GOTO K
VOL J:
:K
IF NOT EXIST K: GOTO L
VOL K:
:L
IF NOT EXIST L: GOTO M
VOL L:
:M
IF NOT EXIST M: GOTO N
VOL M:
:N
IF NOT EXIST N: GOTO O
VOL N:
:O
IF NOT EXIST O: GOTO P
VOL O:
:P
IF NOT EXIST P: GOTO Q
VOL P:
:Q
IF NOT EXIST Q: GOTO R
VOL Q:
:R
IF NOT EXIST R: GOTO S
VOL R:
:S
IF NOT EXIST S: GOTO T
VOL S:
:T
IF NOT EXIST T: GOTO U
VOL T:
:U
IF NOT EXIST U: GOTO V
VOL U:
:V
IF NOT EXIST V: GOTO W
VOL V:
:W
IF NOT EXIST w: GOTO X
VOL W:
:X
IF NOT EXIST X: GOTO Y
VOL X:
:Y
IF NOT EXIST Y: GOTO Z
VOL Y:
:Z
IF NOT EXIST Z: GOTO END
VOL Z:
:END
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  • Um, wow. So if you can distill that into something that would actually just output the drive letters and labels that exist on the system that would be closer to the answer to the question though this is it least movement in the right direction. Sep 4, 2009 at 21:16
  • I'm getting down-voted for providing a solution that meets the criteria? Wow...
    – Scott
    Sep 5, 2009 at 5:19
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    Well, for one thing, it produces errors for drives that exist but contain no media, such as a CD/DVD drive. Sep 6, 2009 at 12:47

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