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   Zaidy036 to ythen1234234@gmail.com   
   Re: How to find a drive letter ?   
   28 Jan 20 16:50:36   
   
   From: Zaidy036@isp.invalid   
      
   On 1/28/2020 3:24 PM, ythen1234234@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Hi Youri   
   > Here's an example to find a drive letter given its serial number:   
   >   
   > set serial=78EFF2DC   
   > for /f "tokens=1,2*" %%A in ('powershell.exe -noprofile -command   
   "&get-ciminstance Win32_LogicalDisk| Select-Object DeviceId,Volu   
   eSerialNumber|Format-Table -HideTableHeaders"') do if %%B == %serial% set   
   letter=%%A   
   >   
   > To filter on the volume label instead of volume serial, replace   
   VolumeSerialNumber with VolumeName.   
   >   
   or with only batch:   
   1. place a unique file on the drive: _Check.txt   
   2. add a search for the file with file letters limited to possibilities:   
   FOR %f in (E: F: G: H:) DO (IF EXIST %f/_Check.txt SET _Drive=%f)   
      
   If no file not found _Drive will not exist   
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   Zaidy036   
      
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