Diskpart and logging output

[foxidrive]

This page says that diskpart output can be logged.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766465%28v=WS.10%29.aspx

To redirect DiskPart's scripting output to a file, type:

diskpart /s scriptname .txt > logfile .txt



However in Windows 8 this batch file creates a 0 byte list.txt file and the diskpart screen pops up in
another window momentarily and then disappears. Is this the behaviour for others too?


@echo off
> script.tmp echo list disk
>> script.tmp echo exit

diskpart /s "%cd%\script.tmp" >"list.txt"
del script.tmp

:: use timeout if you are using another diskpart command.
:: timeout /t 15

type list.txt
set /p "disk=Enter the disk number: "
set disk
pause




The other funny thing is that diskpart cannot find the script in the current folder without specifying
the %cd% path.


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foxi

[Bob]

On 4/9/2013 10:19 PM, foxidrive wrote:
> However in Windows 8 this batch file creates a 0 byte list.txt file and the diskpart screen pops up in
> another window momentarily and then disappears. Is this the behaviour for others too?

Greetings foxidrive, here are my results from your posted batch file
using WIN7:

C:\>check_disk.bat
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: LAPTOP

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 465 GB 3072 KB

Leaving DiskPart...
Enter the disk number: 0
disk=0
Press any key to continue . . .

===Below are the contents of list.txt===

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: LAPTOP

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 465 GB 3072 KB

Leaving DiskPart...

Later.

[Bob]

On 4/9/2013 10:19 PM, foxidrive wrote:

> However in Windows 8 this batch file creates a 0 byte list.txt file and the diskpart screen pops up in
> another window momentarily and then disappears. Is this the behaviour for others too?

foxidrive,
I posted in haste without trying your code a second time using
VirtualXP. My results are below.

C:\>check_disk.bat

Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565

Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: VIRTUALXP-42799

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 127 GB 0 B

Leaving DiskPart...
Enter the disk number: 0
disk=0
Press any key to continue . . .

===Contents of list.txt===

Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565

Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: VIRTUALXP-42799

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 127 GB 0 B

Leaving DiskPart...

Later.

[foxidrive]

Thanks for testing that Bob: that's what I expected but it seems that Windows 8 broke diskpart for some
reason.



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foxi

[foxidrive]

On 10/04/2013 1:48 PM, Bob wrote:
> On 4/9/2013 10:19 PM, foxidrive wrote:
>> However in Windows 8 this batch file creates a 0 byte list.txt file and the diskpart screen pops up in
>> another window momentarily and then disappears. Is this the behaviour for others too?
>
> foxidrive,
> I posted in haste without trying your code a second time using
> VirtualXP. My results are below.
>

Thanks Bob. That shows it works as expected everywhere else apart from Windows 8.

> ===Contents of list.txt===
>
> Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3565
>
> Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
> On computer: VIRTUALXP-42799
>
> Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
> -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
> Disk 0 Online 127 GB 0 B
>
> Leaving DiskPart...

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foxi

[keo...@gmail.com]

This may be too late to matter but if you run elevated in Windows 8 it works as expected.