Create Striped Volume set from (Available) Raw Disks

create_striped_volume.ps1

#
# Create Striped Volume set from (Available) Raw Disks
#

#settings
$letter = "E" #Drive Letter
$allocation = 65536 #Blocksize in Bytes
$label = "My Disk Label" #drive label

#Get started
$disks = get-disk |where partitionstyle -eq 'raw'

if ($disks.Count -lt 2) {throw "Not Enough RAW disks"}

#Prepare diskpart Script for each disk
foreach ($disk in $disks) {
	Initialize-Disk -PartitionStyle MBR -Number $disk.Number #Bring Online and Initialize
	$a = "select disk $($disk.Number)"+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #Select Disk
	$a += "attributes disk clear readonly noerr "+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #set attributes
	$a += "convert dynamic noerr "+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #convert to dynamic
	$a += "exit"+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10);
	$a | Set-Content c:\diskpartA_$($disk.Number).txt -Encoding ASCII
}

#Execute script for each disk
foreach ($disk in $disks) {
	& Diskpart /s c:\diskpartA_$($disk.Number).txt
	Remove-Item c:\diskpartA_$($disk.Number).txt
}

#Prepare striped Volume
$striped = "create volume stripe disk="
foreach ($disk in $disks) { 
	#join volumes together for strip set
	$striped = $striped + $disk.Number + ","
}
$striped = $striped -replace ".$" #remove last ,
$striped = $striped +[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #add CR/LF
$striped += "format fs=NTFS unit=$allocation label=`"$label`" quick "+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #Format Vol
$striped += "assign letter=$letter "+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #Assign Drive Letter
$striped += "exit"+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10);
$striped | Set-Content c:\diskpartB.txt -Encoding ASCII
	
#Execute striped Volume
& Diskpart /s c:\diskpartB.txt
Remove-Item c:\diskpartB.txt