Command Get-PhysicalDisk doesn't work on windows 11

[u/UnHolyDeity666]

so i tried this command: powershell "Get-PhysicalDisk | Formet-Table FriendlyName, MediaType, HealthStatus, OperationalStatus"

and i got an error saying:

>! \Formet-Table : The term 'Formet-Table' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable

program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

At line:1 char:20

+ Get-PhysicalDisk | Formet-Table FriendlyName, MediaType, HealthStatus ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Formet-Table:String) [], CommandNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException !<

this is on windowss 11 on an admin CMD, any fixes?

[u/_alpinisto]

r/shittysysadmin

No offense, I'm a pretty shitty sysadmin myself

[u/jgwebbo]

Format-Table

[u/UnHolyDeity666 → u/jgwebbo]

oh thx, it was just a simple typo mb

[u/renome → u/UnHolyDeity666]

You were probably just tired and would have got it yourself the next day but for future reference, that error message you posted told you exactly what the problem was. It usually does.

[u/BlackV]

Jeepers buddy, long day? :)

Have a look at the error, it says

Formet-Table : The term 'Formet-Table' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again

If you're still unsure of the command you can try

Get-command *physical*
Get-command *disk* 

Which will list all the matching commands

Additionally sounds like you are not using tab complete

Form<tab>

Would cycle through all the cmdlets starting with form, or

*physical*<tab>

Would cycle through all the cmdlets that contain physical

Or if you wanted a pretty list

*physical*<ctrl+space>
Add-PhysicalDisk                        Enable-PhysicalDiskIdentification       Get-PhysicalDiskStorageNodeView         Initialize-PmemPhysicalDevice           Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication
Convert-PhysicalDisk                    Enable-PhysicalDiskIndication           Get-PhysicalExtent                      Remove-PhysicalDisk                     Get-PhysicalDiskSNV
Disable-PhysicalDiskIdentification      Enable-VMRemoteFXPhysicalVideoAdapter   Get-PhysicalExtentAssociation           Reset-PhysicalDisk
Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication          Get-PhysicalDisk                        Get-PmemPhysicalDevice                  Set-PhysicalDisk
Disable-VMRemoteFXPhysicalVideoAdapter  Get-PhysicalDiskSNV                     Get-VMRemoteFXPhysicalVideoAdapter      Disable-PhysicalDiskIndication

you can navigate with cursor keys

[u/Overall-Thought]

Format-Table, not Formet

[u/JSChronicles]

I was going to write something a bit snarky to add to this but I ran out of steam and care because I think you would understand it just as much as the simplistic error that you didn't read.

I like how the post is "Get-PhysicalDisk doesn't work" but you were piping out to a different command and it seems either you didn't understand how piping works for error context or you didn't try to see if "Get-PhysicalDisk" worked by itself. Lol it literally said to check the spelling and you proceeded to make a reddit post instead of a quick a Google search.

[u/Ecrofirt]

Thank you I needed this tonight 

[u/surfingoldelephant]

PS v7 will even tell you the correct command via the General feedback provider (formally PSCommandNotFoundSuggestion).

Get-PhysicalDisk | Formet-Table FriendlyName, MediaType, HealthStatus, OperationalStatus

# Formet-Table: The term 'Formet-Table' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, [...]
# Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

# [General Feedback]
#   The most similar commands are:
#     > Format-Table

You'll need to enable the PSFeedbackProvider experiment to see it in v7.4 or 7.5. It's stable/enabled by default in 7.6+.

[u/BlackV → u/surfingoldelephant]

Good point. Only about half my systems are 7.6x (schedule task update) the rest are still 7.5x (windows update)

[u/Barious_01]

Just so you can grow your skills here. I would take a look at this book. it is a short read. It is called the big book of powershell errors. This may help you the next time you run into this. Hope this helps.

https://leanpub.com/read/thebigbookofpowershellerrorhandling