diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a75df3b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.data.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$1" = "-help" ]; then
+ >&2 echo "# managing the data drive(s) with new bootable setups for RaspberryPi, VMs and Laptops"
+ >&2 echo "# blitz.data.sh status"
+ >&2 echo "# blitz.data.sh [tempmount|explore|unmount]"
+ >&2 echo "# blitz.data.sh setup"
+ echo "error='missing parameters'"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+###################
+# BASICS
+###################
+
+# For the new data drive setup starting v1.12.0 we have 4 areas of data can be stored in different configurations
+# A) INSTALL    - inital install medium (SDcard, USB thumbdrive)
+# B) SYSTEM     - root drive of the linux system
+# C) DATA       - critical & configuration data of system & apps (formally app_data)
+# D) STORAGE    - data that is temp or can be redownloaded or generated like blockhain or indexes (formally app_storage)
+
+# On a old RaspiBlitz setup INTSALL+SYSTEM would be the same on the sd card and DATA+STORAGE on the USB conncted HDD.
+# On RaspberryPi5+NVMe or Laptop the SYSTEM is one partition while DATA+STORAGE on another, while INSTALL is started once from SD or thumb drive.
+# On a VM all 4 areas can be on separate virtual ext4 drives, stored eg by Proxmox with different redundancies & backup strategies. 
+
+# This script should help to setup & manage those different configurations.
+
+# check if started with sudo
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then 
+  echo "error='run as root'"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# gather info on hardware
+source <(/home/admin/config.scripts/blitz.hardware.sh status)
+if [ ${#computerType} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "error='hardware not detected'"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# when a drive is mounted on /mnt/data or /mnt/hdd assume the system was already setup
+systemSetup=0
+combinedDataStorage=-1
+mountpoint -q /mnt/data
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  systemSetup=1
+  combinedDataStorage=0
+fi
+mountpoint -q /mnt/hdd
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  systemSetup=1
+  combinedDataStorage=1
+fi
+
+# output and exit if just status action
+if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
+  echo "systemSetup='${systemSetup}'"
+  if [ ${combinedDataStorage} -gt -1 ]; then
+    echo "combinedDataStorage='${combinedDataStorage}'"
+  fi
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+
+
diff --git a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.hardware.sh b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.hardware.sh
index 8b6371a43..68b400d71 100644
--- a/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.hardware.sh
+++ b/home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.hardware.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ ramGB=$(awk '/MemTotal/ {printf( "%d\n", $2 / 950000 )}' /proc/meminfo)
 
 if [ "$1" = "status" ]; then
     echo "computerType='${computerType}'"
-    echo "computerVersion='${computerVersion}'"
+    echo "computerVersion=${computerVersion}"
     echo "ramMB=${ramMB}"
     echo "ramGB=${ramGB}"
     echo "gotNVMe=${gotNVMe}"