PowerShell Script test a list of NAS shares accessibility

# List of NAS shares to test
$nasShares = @("\\nas-server\share1", "\\nas-server\share2")

# Prompt for user credentials
$credentials = Get-Credential

# Results file
$resultsFile = "C:\NAS_Accessibility_Results.txt"

# Initialize results
$results = @()

# Function to test accessibility
function Test-Accessibility {
    param (
        [string]$path,
        [PSCredential]$credentials
    )

    try {
        # Use New-PSDrive to test the connection
        $drive = New-PSDrive -Name TestDrive -PSProvider FileSystem -Root $path -Credential $credentials -ErrorAction Stop

        # If the connection is successful, remove the drive and return "Accessible"
        Remove-PSDrive -Name TestDrive -Force
        return "Accessible"
    } catch {
        # If there is an error, return "Inaccessible" with the error message
        return "Inaccessible: $($_.Exception.Message)"
    }
}

# Test each NAS share
foreach ($share in $nasShares) {
    $status = Test-Accessibility -path $share -credentials $credentials
    $results += "$share: $status"
}

# Write results to file
$results | Out-File -FilePath $resultsFile

# Open results in Notepad
Start-Process notepad.exe $resultsFile

Write-Host "Accessibility test completed. Results saved to $resultsFile"