How to partion USB drive from LV

Hello all
I would like to know if it is possible to partition, and format, a USB drive (or HDD for that matter) from LV. I could really use an automated program to find a specific device and partition/format it.
It is to be used by production personnel, and 'diskpart' is a bit too low level for them.
Ideally my application should recognise a USB memory stick, partition/format it and write an image file ('imagex' from the Windows prompt).
I'm using the newst LV and Windows 7.
Is any of the above possible, and where do I look?

Hi teknik_kim,
you can also get your information if you use the "system exec" function to call the diskpart.exe. Call it with a script as parameter and parse the result. Attached you'll find an example and the result from my system.
Hope it helps.
Mike
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