Multiple logical disks as custom objects

Question

Hello All,
I have been working with PowerShell for a few months now and my goal is to help my colleagues perform the same tasks a little faster.
As such I took on the responsibility of creating a little GUI tool to find some details about a remote computer.
I have created as advanced function with a custom object.
I am limited to PowerShell V2 as this is the version used in the company.
the function is as below:
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.EXAMPLE
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function Get-PartitionInfo
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param
        # Computer Name
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,Position=0)]
        [string[]]$ComputerName
    Process
        Write-Verbose "Testing Machine"
        if(Test-Connection $computername -Count 1 -Quiet)
            Try
                Write-Verbose "Gathering Data"
                $partitions = Get-WmiObject -Class win32_logicalDisk -ComputerName $computername -ErrorAction Stop
                    $myobj = @{
'Device ID' = $partitions.DeviceID
                        'Access' = $partitions.Access
                        'Compressed' = $partitions.Compressed
                        'Drive Type' = $partitions.DriveType
                        'File System' = $partitions.FileSystem
                        'Free Space' = $partitions.FreeSpace
                        'Media Type' = $partitions.MediaType
                        'Size' = $partitions.Size
                        'Name' = $partitions.Name
                    Write-Output "Partition information"
                    Write-Output (New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $myobj)
            Catch
                Write-Output "Machine not online or PowerShell is unable to read it"
                Write-Output "$($Error[0])"
        else
            Write-Output "Machine not online"
Please excuse the fact that is is not complete, after I get it to work it will be polished.
My problem is as follows:
The output of this function is correct but, it is as below:
Partition information
Drive Type  : {3, 5, 3}
Compressed  : {False, $null, False}
Device ID   : {C:, D:, E:}
Size        : {167772155904, $null, 5356126208}
Name        : {C:, D:, E:}
Free Space  : {71496396800, $null, 5356109824}
Access      : {0, $null, 0}
Media Type  : {12, 11, 12}
File System : {NTFS, $null, FAT32}
What I am trying to do is to separate the partitions but have not had any success.
Searched high and low for a solution to list custom objects one by one.
Anyone have any ideea if this can be done?

Answer 1

You have to enumerate the results of the WMI.
You are also sort of off when it comes to how to develop output with PowerShell.
You are tryingtoo do too many things that you do not understand and they are all conflicting. YOu cannot nis Write-Outpur statements into a colleciotn or it will not output correctly. Study the basics of how PowerShell does output
Here is how to get the output objects.  Test it manually with a number of computers to see how the output changes.  Try to understand why.
$computer=$env:computername
if(Test-Connection $computer -Count 1 -Quiet){
Get-WmiObject -Class win32_logicalDisk -ComputerName $computer |
Select Access,Compressed,DriveType,FileSystem,FreeSpace,MediaType,Size,Name
}else{
Write-Host 'Machine not online or PowerShell is unable to read it'
Once you understand why I did it this way and why it works you will have the basics needed to understand how to generalize.
Try not to write or use code that you do notunderstand.  Test and ask question.  Build the knowledge base from the ground up.
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