[updated] batch file for ordering drive letter shifting

[victor888]

No matter which partition you installed your xp to by usb_multiboot_10, just run it, the drive letters will be ordered correctly. just add the batch code in undoren.cmd you don't affraid the drive letter shifting when installing xp using usb hard disk. Certainly, it is no need to change migrate.inf when installing xp using usb stick, thus we need change usb_multiboo_10.cmd, do it yourself.

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batch content:

SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS

SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

::get fixed drives

echo list disk >listdisk.txt

diskpart /s listdisk.txt >listresult.txt

for /f "skip=8 tokens=2 delims= " %%a in (listresult.txt) do (

echo select disk %%a >selectdisk%%a.txt

echo detail disk >>selectdisk%%a.txt

diskpart /s selectdisk%%a.txt >detaildisk%%a.txt

for /f "tokens=3 skip=17" %%b in (detaildisk%%a.txt) do (

echo %%b: >>fix.txt

)

del selectdisk%%a.txt

del detaildisk%%a.txt

)

del listdisk.txt

del listresult.txt

::get CDROM and removeable drives

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%a in ('fsutil fsinfo drives ^| FIND /V ""') DO (

set dr=%%a

SET dr=!dr:~-3,3!

SET cdr=!dr:~0,1!

IF !cdr! GTR B (

FOR /F "tokens=1 delims= " %%P IN ('fsutil fsinfo drivetype !dr! ^| FIND "CD-ROM"') DO (

SET vname=%%P

SET vname=!vname:~0,2!

echo !vname! >>CDROM.txt

)

FOR /F "tokens=1 delims= " %%P IN ('fsutil fsinfo drivetype !dr! ^| FIND /i "removable"') DO (

SET vname=%%P

SET vname=!vname:~0,2!

echo !vname! >>remove.txt

)

)

)

:: ording vid

for %%a in (fix.txt CDROM.txt remove.txt) do (

if exist %%a (

for /f %%b in (%%a) do (

IF %%b neq %systemdrive% (

mountvol %%b /l >drive.txt

mountvol %%b /d

for /f %%c in (drive.txt) do (

set vid=%%c

echo !vid! >>vid.txt

)

)

)

)

)

for %%d in (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z) do (

if %%d: neq %systemdrive% (

echo %%d >>drv.txt

)

)

if exist "fix.txt" del fix.txt

if exist "cdrom.txt" del cdrom.txt

if exist "remove.txt" del remove.txt

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (vid.txt) do (

set /a n+=1

set _!n!=%%a

)

set n=0

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (drv.txt) do call :lp %%i

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in ('findstr "\\" c.txt') do mountvol %%b: %%a

del drv.txt

del vid.txt

del drive.txt

del c.txt

exit

:lp

set /a n+=1

echo !_%n%!%1>>c.txt

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below is original

After installing XP from USB hard disk, the drive D letter is for USB hard disk's first partition, while E F G ... is the first hard disk's second, third, fourth ... drive letter respectively. We need such drive order: C D E F drive letter belongs to the first hard disk, and G belongs to the USB hard disk.

These two files just do the job.

No prolem, its safe.

the content of drivechange.cmd

ECHO Program - DRVCHANG.CMD - 26 Sep 2008 - Date = %DATE% %TIME:~0,8%

CLS

rem SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS

SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

SET USBDRIVE=

SET TAGFILE=\usbflash

FOR %%h IN (C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y) DO IF EXIST "%%h:%TAGFILE%" SET USBDRIVE=%%h:

echo select disk 0 >selectdisk.txt

echo detail disk >>selectdisk.txt

diskpart /s selectdisk.txt >detaildisk.txt

echo %usbdrive:~0,1% >drv.txt

for /f "tokens=3 skip=18" %%a in (detaildisk.txt) do (

set drv=%%a

echo !drv! >>drv.txt

mountvol %%a: /l >drive.txt

for /f %%b in (drive.txt) do (

set vid=%%b

echo !vid! >>vid.txt

)

)

mountvol %usbdrive% /l >drive.txt

for /f %%c in (drive.txt) do set vid=%%c

echo %vid% >>vid.txt

call c.cmd

del selectdisk.txt

del detaildisk.txt

del drive.txt

del drv.txt

del vid.txt

for /f "tokens=2 delims= " %%a in (c.txt) do mountvol %%a: /d

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in (c.txt) do mountvol %%b: %%a

del c.txt

EXIT

the content of c.cmd

@off

setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

if exist c.txt del /q c.txt

for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (vid.txt) do (

set /a n+=1

set _!n!=%%a

)

set n=0

for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (drv.txt) do call :lp %%i

goto :eof

:lp

set /a n+=1

echo !_%n%!%1>>c.txt

so, we can revise undoren.cmd and add above code and c.cmd file, drive leter will rearranged corrcetly after first logon.

I hope you can optimize two files in one.

orderdrv2.rar

Edited October 5, 2008 by victor888

[wimb]

The idea to use mountvol for rearranging the Drive Letters is interesting.

I have not yet used your batch files, but it seems to me that using disk 0 can be incorrect

in case your computer has e.g. two internal harddisks and you are installing on harrdisk 1

echo select disk 0 >selectdisk.txt

But in any way it will be interesting to implement and further improve the idea.

[victor888]

yes, I have considered this question. My main purpose the batch files are used for usb_multiboot10，so，most time xp is installed on the first hard disk.

As for on the second HD or more, the HD should be selected according to %home drive%.

[wimb]

you must first determine the harddisk nr of your %homedrive% using diskpart.

But that is not sufficient, in fact all local harddisks are involved in rearranging drive letters.

Edited September 27, 2008 by wimb

[victor888]

There are should be no more difficulties.

We can give internal hard disks ordered drive letters and usb disk at last.

So, need more test and revising, wimb help.

[victor888]

ok, try new batch again.

[jaclaz]

If I may , it would be advisable to directly use the output of the commands, as to avoid the unneeded creation of some temporary files.

As an example this:

diskpart /s listdisk.txt >listresult.txt
for /f "skip=8 tokens=2 delims= " %%a in (listresult.txt) do (

can be "simplified" to:

for /f "skip=8 tokens=2 delims= " %%a in ('diskpart /s listdisk.txt') do (

And diskpart can be "fed" with commands, this:

echo list disk >listdisk.txt
diskpart /s listdisk.txt

can be obtained by:

echo list disk|diskpart.exe

Thus, overall, the whole:

echo list disk >listdisk.txt
diskpart /s listdisk.txt >listresult.txt
for /f "skip=8 tokens=2 delims= " %%a in (listresult.txt) do (

can become:

for /f "skip=8 tokens=2 delims= " %%a in ('echo list disk^|diskpart.exe') do (

with two temporary files less.

jaclaz

[victor888]

Many thanks to Jaclaz, hope you could optimiz it more.

Next I will revise it and make it fit for PE and normal installed xp.

Yet there is really a trouble thing, it is difficult to get the drive letters of two or more usb disks. If just one exist I can use tag file on it and use diskpart to get its drive letters.

This time I have to consider the influnce of virtual disk such as created by virtutal cd soft, subst and net use commands.

[jaclaz]

This time I have to consider the influnce of virtual disk such as created by virtutal cd soft, subst and net use commands.

You are welcome to use/copy/modify, if useful, my small batches here:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=21965&st=6

I am attaching a copy here also, should you have troubles in getting them from 911CD.

jaclaz

Freedrv.zip

[Rich_Weiss]

Is there a way to tweak this so it will map the disk type groupings to a certain range of drive letters rather than one drive letter after the other?

I would like to have the first CD/DVD drive map to drive R: and the next to S: etc. and the removable drives to end at drive Z:.

For Example

C: Local System Drive

D: Local Data Drive

N: Network Drive

R: CD ROM

S: DVD ROM

X: Removable Drive

Y: Removable Drive

Z: Removable Drive

[victor888]

If the total drive letter doesn't exceed the R, S... that can be abtained.