I am new to powershell and I am writing a script that will do something when a removable drive is connected. I have tried the script with three usb flash drives and everything works great. I tried with my toshiba canvio basic external hdd and it does not work(the task is not executed). I am using a windows 10 computer.
This is the powershell command i use to check for usb activity
$wmiParameters = @{
Query = "select * from __InstanceCreationEvent within 5 where TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_LogicalDisk' and TargetInstance.DriveType = 2"
SourceIdentifier = "USBDrive"
MessageData = "Test"
TimeOut = 500
Action = { & $PSScriptRoot\script.ps1 }
}
Register-WmiEvent @wmiParameters
I also noticed that when the execute the cmdlet Get-Volume
the drivetype of the toshiba hdd is fixed but my the flash drives have drivetype removable and i don't know how the affects my script or how to fix it.
How can i modify my code so it can capture my external hdd or how can i modify my settings to so that my external hdd is seen as removable drive? Thanks you.