Script to list all CD/DVD Drives on a computer(s) and any disks found in the drives

This is a script I wrote back in 2006 which lists all the CD/DVD drives on a computer (or multiple computers) and then displays the volume name of any disks found  in the drive. The script is written in VBScript.

Last tested on Windows XP, Vista and 7 and Windows Server 2003 and 2008

Usage is  CDinf.vbs server1 [server2] [server3] … 

Command Line screenshot
' This script lists all CD drives on a computer 
' and volume names of any CDs in the drives. 

On Error Resume Next 

ComputersChecked = 0 

Wscript.Echo "Ellis Karim, 2006 " 
WScript.Echo "CDinf.vbs version 1.0a" 
WScript.Stdout.WriteBlankLines 1 

If WScript.Arguments.Count = 0 Then 
   WScript.Echo "Usage: CDinf.vbs server1 [server2] [server3] ..." 
   WScript.Quit 
End If 

For Each Computer In WScript.Arguments 

      Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ 
        & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & Computer & "\root\cimv2") 

    If Err.Number <> 0 Then 
        'Computer not found 
        WScript.Echo UCase(Computer) & "> " & Err.Description 
        Err.Clear 
    Else 

        ComputersChecked = ComputersChecked + 1 
        Set colDisks = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk ") 

        For Each objDisk in colDisks 
            If objDisk.DriveType = 5 Then 
                WScript.StdOut.Write UCase(Computer) & "> Drive " & objDisk.DeviceID & " CD-ROM Drive (" 

                If IsNull(objDisk.VolumeName) Then 
                    WScript.Echo "--empty--)" 
                Else 
                    WScript.Echo objDisk.VolumeName & ")" 
                End If 

            End If 
        Next 
    End If 

Next 

wscript.Stdout.WriteBlankLines 2 
Wscript.Echo "Script completed " & Now & ". " 
Wscript.Echo ComputersChecked & "/" & WScript.Arguments.Count & " computers were checked."

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