Format non-OS Drives and OS Drive data folders

The following PowerShell script will help the IT Admins to format the OS and non-OS Drives on Windows 10 & above devices.

• Create a file on your desktop, for example, format_nonOS_OS_drive.ps1 and open it in a text editor like notepad++
• Copy the contents below to the file or click here to download the file.
  ShellShell

  #Format Non OS Drives
  $winvolume = Get-Volume
  $osdrive = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_OperatingSystem).SystemDrive
  $trimosdrive = $osdrive.SubString(0,1) 
  
  foreach($vol in $winvolume) {
     # Don't format OS Drive, CD-ROM Drive and Removable (like Floppy Drive) Drives
     if ($vol.filesystem -ne $null -and $vol.driveletter -ne $null -and $vol.DriveType -eq "Fixed" -and $vol.driveletter -ne $trimosdrive) {
        #Write-Host $vol.driveletter
        Format-Volume -driveletter $vol.driveletter -Full -Force
     }
  }
  
  #Delete Data folders (exclude system/os folders) from OS Drive
  $OSDrivePath = $osdrive + "\"
  $FolderFileItems = Get-Childitem -Path $OSDrivePath
  
  $WindowsFolder = Get-Childitem -Path Env:windir
  $ProgramFilesFolder = Get-Childitem -Path Env:ProgramFiles
  $ProgramFilesx86Folder = Get-Childitem -Path "Env:ProgramFiles(x86)"
  $ProgramDataFolder = Get-Childitem -Path Env:ProgramData
  $UsersFolder = "C:\Users"
  
  foreach ($Item in $FolderFileItems) 
  {
      $ItemName =  $Item.FullName
  	if($ItemName -ne $WindowsFolder.Value -and $ItemName -ne $ProgramFilesFolder.Value -and $ItemName -ne $ProgramFilesx86Folder.Value -and $ItemName -ne $ProgramDataFolder.Value -and $ItemName -ne $UsersFolder)
      {
  		#Write-Output $ItemName
  		Remove-Item $ItemName -Force -Recurse -Confirm:$False -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  	}
  }

  
  
• This is a PowerShell script that performs the following actions:
  • Get the list of volumes using the 'Get-Volume' command and store it in the '$winvolume' variable.
  • Get the system drive (OS drive) using the 'Get-CimInstance' command and store it in the '$osdrive' variable.
  • Trim the drive letter from the system drive path and store it in the '$trimosdrive' variable.
  • Loop through each volume in the '$winvolume' list and format the fixed drives excluding the system drive and CD-ROM and removable drives using the 'Format-Volume' command.
  • Get the path of the OS drive and store it in the '$OSDrivePath' variable.
  • Get the list of items in the OS drive using the 'Get-Childitem' command and store it in the '$FolderFileItems' variable.
  • Get the paths of important system folders (Windows, Program Files, Program Files (x86), Program Data) and store them in separate variables.
  • Loop through each item in the '$FolderFileItems' list and delete all the data folders (excluding the important system folders) using the 'Remove-Item' command.
• Once the script is successfully executed, you will be able to see the status of the same in the View Status report on the Scalefusion dashboard.
  • Click on the PowerShell script and click on the View Status report.
  • Executed means that the script has run successfully on the device.