title: Windows 2008 R2 powershell The term 'Get-Disk' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet
body: <p>I am getting an error when using Get-Disk cmdlet</p>
  
  <p>Windows version: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64b</p>
  
  <p>Windows 2008 R2 powershell The term 'Get-Disk' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet. I have version 3 of Powershell</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-Disk</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>Get-Disk : The term 'Get-Disk' 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:1
  + Get-Disk
  + ~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-Disk:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException  
  </code></pre>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>PS C:\Windows\system32> $PSVersionTable`</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <pre><code>Name                           Value
  ----                           -----
  WSManStackVersion              3.0
  PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0}
  SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
  BuildVersion                   6.2.9200.16398
  PSVersion                      3.0
  CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.1
  PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.2
  </code></pre>