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codykonior/How to follow from a drive letter to a physical disk in PowerShell.ps1

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How to follow from a drive letter to a physical disk in PowerShell.ps1
$drive = "C:"
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_LogicalDisk | Where-Object { $_.DeviceID -eq $drive }
$partition = Get-CimInstance Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition | Where-Object { $_.Dependent.DeviceID -eq $drive } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Antecedent | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DeviceID
$diskDrive = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition | Where-Object { $_.Dependent.DeviceID -eq $partition } | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Antecedent | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DeviceID
Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_DiskDrive | Where-Object { $_.DeviceID -eq $diskDrive }
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