Hello. Thanks for any help. I need some help in writing a batch dos command script that will check the name of the C: drive and if it does not match what I expect, will display a message. REASON is I have SEVERAL bootable harddrives in my system and when I boot up, I want to make sure I'm on the correct drive.

BTW, I'm running XP Home.

Thanks.Code: [Select]for /F "tokens=6" %%G in ('VOL C:') do set vol_label=%%GThanks. Worked like a charm. If you could help with one more thing, I'd appreciate it. I want to check to see if the label is a particular one and if not, then exit the routine. I've tried a few things but can;t get it to work. Something like:

(
if not %vol_label1% == "My_Label"
exit
)
:: Do something
exit

Got it to work. Thanks.Squashman's code will need a tweak if your label contains spaces.


Here's ANOTHER method to check a unique label and echo a message.

Code: [Select]vol c: |find "my label" >nul || echo This isn't your pr0n stash, try another drive!Quote from: foxidrive on September 09, 2015, 09:13:05 AM

Squashman's code will need a tweak if your label contains spaces.

Another method that works well is to put a file in the root with a unique filename and then check if that file exists. You can easily create a very small file with the command "echo > My_Disk". Not necessarily any better than using the volume but simply an alternative.