Get the drive letter of USB drive in PowerShell - powershell

Question

I've seen articles in C# and some other languages that explain how to achieve what I'm looking for but I don't know how to convert them.
The following link explains how to get the answer:
How can I get the drive letter of an USB device?
Win32_DiskDrive-> Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition -> Win32_DiskPartition -> Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition -> Win32_LogicalDisk
The answer by GEOCHET explains also explains how to achieve the answer but again, not in PowerShell: How to find USB drive letter?

Answer 1

Try:
gwmi win32_diskdrive | ?{$_.interfacetype -eq "USB"} | %{gwmi -Query "ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID=`"$($_.DeviceID.replace('\','\\'))`"} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition"} | %{gwmi -Query "ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID=`"$($_.DeviceID)`"} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition"} | %{$_.deviceid}
Tested with one and more than one USB device plugged-in.

Answer 2

I know the subject has been dropped for a while, but since it's something I come back to pretty often, I thought I'd update things a bit.
If using Windows 7 and above, a much simpler solution would be:
Get-WmiObject Win32_Volume -Filter "DriveType='2'"
And if you want to avoid magic numbers:
Get-WmiObject Win32_Volume -Filter ("DriveType={0}" -f [int][System.IO.DriveType]::Removable)
References:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/vdswmi/win32-volume
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.drivetype

Answer 3

get-volume | where drivetype -eq removable | foreach driveletter
volume | ? drivetype -eq removable | % driveletter

Answer 4

Beginning with PowerShell v3.0, Microsoft introduce the Get-Cim* commands which make this easier than the ugliness of the Get-WmiObject ASSOCIATORS query method:
Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_DiskDrive -Filter 'InterfaceType = "USB"' -KeyOnly |
Get-CimAssociatedInstance -ResultClassName Win32_DiskPartition -KeyOnly |
Get-CimAssociatedInstance -ResultClassName Win32_LogicalDisk |
Format-List *
Or:
Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_DiskDrive -Filter 'InterfaceType = "USB"' -KeyOnly |
Get-CimAssociatedInstance -Association Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition -KeyOnly |
Get-CimAssociatedInstance -Association Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition |
Format-List *
The above commands are equivalent.

Answer 5

$FlashDrives = (get-volume | Where-Object drivetype -eq removable).DriveLetter
foreach($elment in $FlashDrives)
{
if($null -eq $elment)
{
}
else
{
$FlashDriveLetter = $elment + ":\"
Write-Host $FlashDriveLetter
}
}
$HardDiskDrives = (get-volume | Sort-Object -Property DriveLetter | Where-Object drivetype -eq Fixed).DriveLetter
foreach($elment in $HardDiskDrives)
{
if($null -eq $elment)
{
}
else
{
$HardDiskDriveLetter = $elment + ":\"
Write-Host $HardDiskDriveLetter
}
}