How do I get the first install date of a disk drive in PowerShell?

Question

In the Device Manager, I can view the properties of any device (disk drives included). In the Details tab, I can select the first install date:

In PowerShell, I can get all disk drives by issuing:

Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_DiskDrive

The returned objects have an InstallDate property, but it is empty. How can I get the date, that is visible in the device manager, in PowerShell? Do I have to associate the CIM_DiskDrive class with another CIM class? If so, which?

FYI: You can't trust the date shown in Device Manager. I checked the Samsung NVME drive in my main driver and it shows May 2021. Not quite I purchased it in 2018! — RetiredGeek, Feb 18 '22 at 14:35
@RetiredGeek Does it relate to the last semi-annual Windows Upgrade in your case? — stackprotector, Feb 18 '22 at 18:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 16 '22 at 07:53

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Using Get-PnpDeviceProperty you can pull the additonal info that you're looking for. It is not as intuitive as you would think, but it does work! I am sure you can find the exact Class and pull it directly, but this is a functional way nonetheless.

# Get PNPDeviceID from the disk driver
$PNPDeviceID = Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_DiskDrive | Select-Object -ExpandProperty PNPDeviceID

# Get friendly name to verify and first install date
Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId $PNPDeviceID -KeyName DEVPKEY_Device_FriendlyName, DEVPKEY_Device_FirstInstallDate | Select-Object KeyName, Data

edited Mar 16 '22 at 07:53

stackprotector

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answered Mar 15 '22 at 21:38

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Excellent pointer! Be aware that this solution won't work with multiple disks installed. – stackprotector Mar 16 '22 at 07:55
Neat, I like your revision – Almighty Mar 16 '22 at 17:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '22 at 07:58

With the excellent pointer from Almighty's answer I came up with the following solution:

Get-PnpDevice -Class DiskDrive -Status OK | ForEach-Object {
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        FriendlyName=(Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InputObject $_ -KeyName DEVPKEY_Device_FriendlyName).Data;
        FirstInstallDate=(Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InputObject $_ -KeyName DEVPKEY_Device_FirstInstallDate).Data
    }
}

It gets all currently installed disk drives and returns their friendly names and first install dates as a custom object for further processing.

How do I get the first install date of a disk drive in PowerShell?

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