A RetroSearch Logo

Home - News ( United States | United Kingdom | Italy | Germany ) - Football scores

Search Query:

Showing content from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/storage/initialize-disk below:

Initialize-Disk (Storage) | Microsoft Learn

Initialize-Disk

Initializes a RAW disk for first time use, enabling the disk to be formatted and used to store data.

Syntax ByNumber (Default) 
Initialize-Disk
    [-Number] <UInt32[]>
    [-PartitionStyle <PartitionStyle>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [-PassThru]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]
ByUniqueId 
Initialize-Disk
    -UniqueId <String[]>
    [-PartitionStyle <PartitionStyle>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [-PassThru]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]
ByName 
Initialize-Disk
    [-FriendlyName <String[]>]
    [-PartitionStyle <PartitionStyle>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [-PassThru]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]
ByPath 
Initialize-Disk
    -Path <String[]>
    [-PartitionStyle <PartitionStyle>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [-PassThru]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]
ByVirtualDisk 
Initialize-Disk
    [-VirtualDisk <CimInstance>]
    [-PartitionStyle <PartitionStyle>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [-PassThru]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]
InputObject (cdxml) 
Initialize-Disk
    -InputObject <CimInstance[]>
    [-PartitionStyle <PartitionStyle>]
    [-CimSession <CimSession[]>]
    [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
    [-AsJob]
    [-PassThru]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]
Description

The Initialize-Disk cmdlet initializes a Disk object with the RAW partition style to either the MBR or GPT partition styles. The default partition style is GPT. Disks must be initialized before they can be formatted and used to store data.

Examples Example 1: Initialize a disk using default values 
PS C:\>Initialize-Disk -Number 1

This example initializes the first disk in the computer (disk number 1), using the default values, which initializes the disk using the GPT partition style.

Example 2: Initialize a disk using the MBR partition style 
PS C:\> Initialize-Disk -Number 1 -PartitionStyle MBR

This example initializes a disk using the MBR partition style.

Example 3: Initialize a virtual disk 
PS C:\>Initialize-Disk -VirtualDisk (Get-VirtualDisk -FriendlyName UserData)

This example uses the VirtualDisk parameter with the Get-VirtualDisk cmdlet to get a virtual disk with the friendly name UserData, and initialize the Disk object associated with the virtual disk.

Parameters -AsJob

Runs the cmdlet as a background job. Use this parameter to run commands that take a long time to complete.

Parameter properties Type: SwitchParameter Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -CimSession

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

Parameter properties Type:

CimSession[]

Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Aliases: Session Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Parameter properties Type: SwitchParameter Default value: False Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Aliases: cf Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -FriendlyName

Specifies the friendly name of the disk to initialize.

Parameter properties Type:

String[]

Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets ByName Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: True Value from remaining arguments: False -InputObject

Specifies the input object that is used in a pipeline command.

Parameter properties Type:

CimInstance[]

Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets InputObject (cdxml) Position: Named Mandatory: True Value from pipeline: True Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -Number

Specifies the disk number of the disk to initialize.

Parameter properties Type:

UInt32[]

Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets ByNumber Position: 0 Mandatory: True Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: True Value from remaining arguments: False -PartitionStyle

Specifies the type of the partition. The acceptable values for this parameter are: MBR or GPT. The disk must be set to read-write (IsReadOnly $false ) before this cmdlet will work.

Parameter properties Type: PartitionStyle Default value: None Accepted values: Unknown, MBR, GPT Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -PassThru

Sends items from the interactive window down the pipeline as input to other cmdlets. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

To send items from the interactive window down the pipeline, click to select the items and then click OK. Shift-click and Ctrl-click are supported.

Parameter properties Type: SwitchParameter Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -Path

Specifies the path of the disk to initialize.

Parameter properties Type:

String[]

Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets ByPath Position: Named Mandatory: True Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: True Value from remaining arguments: False -ThrottleLimit

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

Parameter properties Type: Int32 Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -UniqueId

Specifies the UniqueID of the disk to initialize

Parameter properties Type:

String[]

Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Aliases: Id Parameter sets ByUniqueId Position: Named Mandatory: True Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: True Value from remaining arguments: False -VirtualDisk

Specifies the VirtualDisk object for which you want to initialize the associated Disk object. The Virtual Disk CIM object is exposed by the Get-VirtualDisk cmdlet.

Parameter properties Type: CimInstance Default value: None Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Parameter sets ByVirtualDisk Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: True Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False -WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Parameter properties Type: SwitchParameter Default value: False Supports wildcards: False DontShow: False Aliases: wi Parameter sets (All) Position: Named Mandatory: False Value from pipeline: False Value from pipeline by property name: False Value from remaining arguments: False CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs CimInstance

You can pipe an MSFT_VirtualDisk object to the VirtualDisk parameter.

CimInstance

You can pipe an MSFT_Disk object to the InputObject parameter.

Outputs CimInstance

If you specify the Passthru parameter, this cmdlet returns an object representing the newly initialized disk.

Notes

RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue

Search and Browse the WWW like it's 1997 | Search results from DuckDuckGo

HTML: 3.2 | Encoding: UTF-8 | Version: 0.7.4