Create Striped Volume set a Single (only 1 available) Raw Disk

create_single_dynamic_volume.ps1

#
# Create Striped Volume set a Single (only 1 available) Raw Disk
#

#settings
$letter = "F" #Drive Letter
$allocation = 65536 #Blocksize in Bytes
$label = "Master F: Logs" #drive label

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

if ($disk.Count -gt 1) {throw "Too many RAW disks"}
if ($disk.Count -eq 0) {throw "No RAW disks"}

#Prepare diskpart Script for disk
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
$a += "create volume simple disk=$($disk.Number)"+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #Select Disk
$a += "format fs=NTFS unit=$allocation label=`"$label`" quick "+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #Format Vol
$a += "assign letter=$letter "+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10); #Assign Drive Letter
$a += "exit"+[char][int](13)+[char][int](10);
$a | Set-Content c:\diskpart.txt -Encoding ASCII

#Execute script for disk
& Diskpart /s c:\diskpart.txt
Remove-Item c:\diskpart.txt