You can use the following PowerShell 5.1 script to get an extensive amount of information about your drives
The report will be saved to: "C:\AS\Backup\Logs\
DriveReport_Latest.txt"
Code:
.SYNOPSIS
Get-ComprehensiveDriveReport
Generates a comprehensive storage, recovery, and VSS configuration report for a Windows system.
.DESCRIPTION
Get-ComprehensiveDriveReport collects read-only diagnostics using Windows Storage cmdlets, CIM/WMI, and built-in
command-line tools to produce a single log-file report suitable for troubleshooting and support workflows.
Sections included:
- Disk identifiers (Get-Disk)
- USB VID/PID inventory with optional usb.ids lookup, automatic first-run cache download, and Windows descriptor fallback
- Per-volume mapping to physical disk, partition layout, and capacity summary
- BitLocker status (manage-bde -status, plus Get-BitLockerVolume when available)
- NTFS and sector details (fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo/sectorinfo) and dirty bit status (fsutil dirty query)
- Mounted volume GUID paths (\\?\Volume{...}\)
- Optical drive hardware is reported by default without probing inserted media; use -ProbeOpticalMedia only for known-good discs
- Volume summary with listed-volume total/free capacity totals (fixed + removable by default; optical media volumes only when -ProbeOpticalMedia is used) and network drive summary
- System file validation (hiberfil.sys, pagefile.sys, swapfile.sys, crash dumps, PendingFileRenameOperations)
- CHKDSK log summary (Wininit, Application log, Event ID 1001)
- Windows Recovery Environment status (reagentc /info)
- Hidden system partitions health (EFI/MSR/Recovery) using Get-Partition/Get-Volume
- Boot Configuration Data (BCD): current store, plus offline store read from the EFI System Partition (ESP)
- Disk/volume health status, VSS service status, shadow copy counts, VSS writers, and shadow storage configuration
Running PowerShell as an Administrator
Using the Start Menu:
Click the Start button or press the Windows key.
Type PowerShell in the search box.
Right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as administrator.
Using the Run Dialog:
Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
Type powershell and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to run it as administrator.
Checking and Setting Execution Policies
PowerShell’s execution policy determines which scripts can run and under what conditions.
Check Current Execution Policy:
To view the current policy for the session, run:
Get-ExecutionPolicy
To see policies applied at different scopes (MachinePolicy, UserPolicy, Process, CurrentUser, LocalMachine), run:
Get-ExecutionPolicy -List
Set Execution Policy:
To allow scripts to run, you might need to change the policy. For example, to set the policy to RemoteSigned for the current user:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
For system-wide changes (requires admin rights), you can set:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine
If you need less restriction (e.g., for testing), you might use Bypass or Unrestricted:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process
(Note: Using less restrictive policies can expose your system to risks. Use with caution.)
As an example you can make a new folder called
C:\Scripts and extract the script from the attached zip file to that new folder.
Make sure you uncheck the "Unblock" on properties ( see
Mark of the Web ) on the script file.
Then right click over the Start menu on Windows and select
Terminal (Admin)
Then in the PowerShell console type in:
cd c:\scripts
Then type in or copy and paste the following to run the PowerShell script.
Code:
.\Get-ComprehensiveDriveReport.ps1
The script should take less than a minute to run and should be located here "C:\AS\Backup\Logs\
DriveReport_Latest.txt"
You can review it with any text editor.
