Need to format all disks conected to the system in WinPE environment

**Amits** · December 6, 2007

Hi,

I need to format all the disks connected to the system at a time using a single C++ program.For that i am trying to use diskpart . There is a call to system as

system("diskpart /s Script.txt > Log.txt");

I have written Script.txt for formatting a single disk which is as follows

select disk 0

clean

create partition primary

assign letter =d:

exit

After that give command

format d: /FS:NTFS

This would do the work if only one disk is present.If multiple disks are present in the system,what changes i have to do in the script plus program logic.Need to know how to get the disk connected.( can we use list disk here)

Thanks in advance...

Edited December 6, 2007 by Amits

**rdalling** · December 6, 2007

Select disk 1

clean

**GTOOOOOH** · December 6, 2007

Hi,
I need to format all the disks connected to the system at a time using a single C++ program.For that i am trying to use diskpart . There is a call to system as
system("diskpart /s Script.txt > Log.txt");
I have written Script.txt for formatting a single disk which is as follows
select disk 0
clean
create partition primary
assign letter =d:
exit
After that give command
format d: /FS:NTFS
This would do the work if only one disk is present.If multiple disks are present in the system,what changes i have to do in the script plus program logic.Need to know how to get the disk connected.( can we use list disk here)
Thanks in advance...

I actually had a similar problem and because you can't really query what's on the computer you can't just say select disk 1, 2, 3, etc because you can't select a disk that isn't present without getting an error and select doesn't have the NOERR switch which sucks and breaks the diskpart script. So, I wrote an AutoIT script that makes the user select the disk they'll want to install XP on, then it queries all the other disks using the diskpart.au3, and based on some customizing, it writes a diskpart.ini file. Here is my AutoIT script that I re-customizes for your situtation, hopefully you can use it. If you don't know AutoIT or where to get the support files go ask at www.autoitscript.com this is as much help as I can provide... Also you could make it smarter by having AutoIT query the drive letters in use and then build the $drvltrs variable based on that so you don't try and assign a driver letter that's in use by a CD/DVD drive. Good luck.

#include-once
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>
#include <Misc.au3>
#include "diskpart.au3"
;#include "array.au3"

Global $diskCount2, $myDisks2, $ii
Dim $myVolumes2[20][5]
Global $drvltrs = "c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z"
$drvltrs = StringSplit($drvltrs, ",")

$ii = Ask_TargetDisk()

$file = FileOpen("c:\windows\system32\diskpart.ini", 2)

	For $lc = 0 To $diskCount2-1

		FileWrite($file, "select disk " & $myVolumes2[$lc][0] & @CRLF)
		FileWrite($file, "clean" & @CRLF)
		FileWrite($file, "create partition primary noerr" & @CRLF)
		FileWrite($file, "select partition 1" & @CRLF)
		FileWrite($file, 'format FS=ntfs label="' & $drvltrs[$lc+1] & '_drive" quick override noerr' & @CRLF)
		FileWrite($file, "assign letter=" & $drvltrs[$lc+1] & " noerr" & @CRLF)

	Next

		FileWrite($file, "exit")
		FileClose($file)

Run(@COMSPEC & ' /c notepad.exe "c:\windows\system32\diskpart.ini"', "c:\windows\system32")

Exit











Func Ask_TargetDisk()

	Local $GUI = GUICreate("Select Target Disk", 690, 320, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_CAPTION,$WS_BORDER,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS))

	Local $cboTargetDisk = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 8, 8, 673, 25, BitOR($CBS_DROPDOWNLIST, $CBS_AUTOHSCROLL))
	GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 400, 0, "Lucida Console")
	GUICtrlSetData(-1, "")

	Local $txtDiskDetails = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 8, 32, 673, 236, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL,$ES_AUTOHSCROLL,$ES_READONLY,$ES_WANTRETURN,$WS_HSCROLL,$WS_VSCROLL))
	GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 10, 400, 0, "Courier New")

	Local $btnContinue = GUICtrlCreateButton("Continue", 608, 272, 75, 40 )

	Local $diskList, $diskDetails, $diskListArray, $diskWithFocus = 1
	If Not Ask_TargetDisk_GetSystemDiskConfiguration( $diskList, $diskDetails ) > 0 Then
		GUIDelete( $GUI )
		Return _Iif( @error, SetError( 1, 2, -1 ), SetError( 1, 3, -1 ))
	EndIf

	$diskListArray = StringSplit( $diskList, "|" )
	If $diskListArray[0] > 0 Then
		GUICtrlSetData( $cboTargetDisk, $diskList, $diskListArray[$diskWithFocus] )
		GUICtrlSetData( $txtDiskDetails, $diskDetails[$diskWithFocus - 1] )
		GUICtrlSetState( $cboTargetDisk, $GUI_FOCUS )
	Else
		GUIDelete( $GUI )
		Return SetError( 1, 3, -1 )
	EndIf

	GUISetState( @SW_SHOW )

	Local $rc = 0, $ec = 0, $xc = 0
	While 1

		Local $msg = GUIGetMsg()
		Switch $msg

			Case $btnContinue
				Local $m = StringRegExp( GUICtrlRead( $cboTargetDisk ), "(?i)^[ ]*Disk (\d+)", 1 )
				If @error Then
					$rc = -1
					$ec = 1
					$xc = 0
					ExitLoop
				Else
					$rc = Int($m[0])
					$ec = 0
					$xc = 0
					ExitLoop
				EndIf

			Case $cboTargetDisk
				Local $cboText = GUICtrlRead( $cboTargetDisk )
				For $i = 1 To $diskListArray[0]
					If StringLeft( $cboText, 10 ) = StringLeft( $diskListArray[$i], 10 ) Then
						If $diskWithFocus = $i Then 
							ExitLoop
						Else
							$diskWithFocus = $i
							GUICtrlSetData( $txtDiskDetails, $diskDetails[$diskWithFocus - 1] )
						EndIf
					EndIf
				Next

		EndSwitch
	WEnd

	GUISetState( @SW_HIDE )
	GUIDelete( $GUI )
	Return SetError( $ec, $xc, $rc )
EndFunc


Func Ask_TargetDisk_GetSystemDiskConfiguration( ByRef $cboDisks, ByRef $cboDetails )

	Local $myDisks, $diskCount, $diskDetails
	Global $myVolumes, $volumeCount
	Local $myPartitions, $partitionCount
	Local $pid, $version

	Local $tmpList = "", $tmpDetails[63] = [""], $emptyDetailArray[1] = [""]

	$cboDisks = ""
	$cboDetails = $emptyDetailArray

	ProgressOn( "Reading Disk Configuration", "Please wait...", "", -1, -1 )
	ProgressSet( 0, "Starting diskpart utility..." )
	_DiskpartStartConsole( $pid, $version )
	If @error Then
		ProgressOff()
		Return SetError( 1, 2, 0 )
	EndIf

	ProgressSet( 10, "Getting list of disks in system...", "Diskpart v" & $version )
	$diskCount = _DiskpartListDisks( $pid, $myDisks )
	$diskCount2 = $diskCount
	ReDim $myVolumes2[$diskCount2][5]

	If @error Then 
		ProgressOff()
		_DiskpartCloseConsole( $pid )
		Return SetError( 1, 2, 0 )
	EndIf

	For $d = 0 To $diskCount - 1

		ProgressSet( 20 + $d, "Reading disk " & $myDisks[$d][0] & " configuration..." )

		_DiskpartSelectDisk( $pid, $myDisks[$d][0] )
		If @error Then 
			ProgressOff()
			_DiskpartCloseConsole( $pid )
			Return SetError( 1, 2, 0 )
		EndIf

		$volumeCount = _DiskpartDetailDisk( $pid, $diskDetails, $myVolumes )

		If @error Then 
			ProgressOff()
			_DiskpartCloseConsole( $pid )
			Return SetError( 1, 2, 0 )
		EndIf

		$myVolumes2[$d][0] = $myDisks[$d][0]
		$myVolumes2[$d][1] = $myVolumes[0][1]

		$tmpList &= _Iif( $d > 0, "|", "" )
		$tmpList &= "Disk " & $myDisks[$d][0] & " (ID: " & $diskDetails[1] & ", Type: " & $diskDetails[2] & ", " & $diskDetails[0] & ")"
		$tmpDetails[$d] = "Details for disk " & $myDisks[$d][0] & " (ID: " & $diskDetails[1] & ", Type: " & $diskDetails[2] & ", " & $diskDetails[0] & ")" & @CRLF

		If $volumeCount > 0 Then

			For $v = 0 To $volumeCount - 1

				ProgressSet( 20 + $d + $v, "Reading disk " & $myDisks[$d][0] & ", volume " & $myVolumes[$v][0] & " configuration..." )

				$tmpDetails[$d] &= @CRLF & StringFormat( "  %-10s  %-3s  %-11s  %-5s  %-10s  %7s  %-9s  %-8s", "Volume ###", "Ltr", "Label", "Fs", "Type", "Size", "Status", "Info" ) & @CRLF
				$tmpDetails[$d] &=  "  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------" & @CRLF 
				$tmpDetails[$d] &= StringFormat( "  %-10s  %-3s  %-11s  %-5s  %-10s  %7s  %-9s  %-8s",  _
												 "Volume " & $myVolumes[$v][0], $myVolumes[$v][1], $myVolumes[$v][2], _
												 $myVolumes[$v][3], $myVolumes[$v][4], $myVolumes[$v][5], _
												 $myVolumes[$v][6], $myVolumes[$v][7] ) & @CRLF

				$partitionCount = _DiskpartListPartitionsByVolume( $pid, $myVolumes[$v][0], $myPartitions )
				$myVolumes2[$d][2] = $partitionCount

				If @error Then 
					ProgressOff()
					_DiskpartCloseConsole( $pid )
					Return SetError( 1, 2, 0 )
				EndIf

				If $partitionCount > 0 Then 
					$tmpDetails[$d] &= StringFormat( @CRLF & @TAB & "  %-13s  %-16s  %7s  %7s", "Partition ###", "Type", "Size", "Offset" ) & @CRLF
					$tmpDetails[$d] &= @TAB & "  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------" & @CRLF

					For $p = 0 To $partitionCount - 1
						$myVolumes2[$d][3] = $myVolumes2[$d][3] & $myPartitions[$p][0] & ","
						$tmpDetails[$d] &= StringFormat( @TAB & "  %-13s  %-16s  %7s  %7s", _
														 "Partition " & $myPartitions[$p][0], $myPartitions[$p][1], _
														 $myPartitions[$p][2], $myPartitions[$p][3] ) & @CRLF
					Next
					If $myVolumes2[$d][4] = "" Then $myVolumes2[$d][4] = StringTrimRight($myVolumes2[$d][3], 1)

				Else
					$tmpDetails[$d] &= @CRLF & @TAB & "No partitions are associated with this volume" & @CRLF
				EndIf
			Next
		Else
			$tmpDetails[$d] &= @TAB & "This disk does not contain any recognized volumes or partitions"
		EndIf
	Next

	ProgressSet( 100, "Closing diskpart console...." )
	_DiskpartCloseConsole( $pid )
	ProgressOff()

	If $diskCount > 0 Then 
		ReDim $tmpDetails[ $diskCount ]
		$cboDetails = $tmpDetails
		$cboDisks = $tmpList
	EndIf

	Return SetError( 0, 0, $diskCount )
EndFunc

You'll end up with an output like this:

select disk 0

clean

create partition primary noerr

select partition 1

format FS=ntfs label="c_drive" quick override noerr

assign letter=c noerr

select disk 1

clean

create partition primary noerr

select partition 1

format FS=ntfs label="d_drive" quick override noerr

assign letter=d noerr

select disk 2

clean

create partition primary noerr

select partition 1

format FS=ntfs label="e_drive" quick override noerr

assign letter=e noerr

select disk 3

clean

create partition primary noerr

select partition 1

format FS=ntfs label="f_drive" quick override noerr

assign letter=f noerr

exit

**Amits** · December 7, 2007

I have found a simple solution for this....

We can try like this..

#include <iostream>

#include <conio.h>

#include <stdio.h>

#include <fstream>

#include <string>

using namespace std;

void main()

{

int counter=0;

string str1;

int i= system("diskpart /s Script.txt > Log.txt");

if(i==0)

{

ifstream fin("Log.txt");

string str;

while (fin>>str)

{

if (str =="Disk" )

counter++;

}

cout<<"Number of disks present in the system are "<<(counter-1)<<endl;

fin.close();

}

ofstream fout("format.txt");

if(fout)

{

for(int j=0;j<(counter-1);j++)

{

fout<<"SELECT Disk "<<j<<endl;

fout<<"CLEAN"<<endl;

fout<<"CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY"<<endl;

fout<<"ASSIGN LETTER ="<<char(j+100)<<":"<<endl;

fout<<"EXIT"<<endl;

fout.close();

system("diskpart /s format.txt ");

str1 = "format "+char(j+100)+" /FS:NTFS";

system(str1.c_str());

}

getch();

}

Edited December 7, 2007 by Amits

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