Windows 10: Automating installation rename optical and SSD/HDD during post install

Does anyone know of a way to rename drives in a system via powershell, registry or commands (eg DISM, WMIC, etc).. NOTE: Powershell's get-disk does not appear to detect optical drives.

I have 10 PCs. They have a varying number of drives. All have at least one optical, all have at least one SSD and HDD. The SSD always has two partitions at least; 96GB for Windows and whatever is left over for a second or possibly a third partition.

Each PC connects to a server and maps drive letters M: - Y:

I have standardized letters for all PCs based on usage.

D:\ is always for games
E:\ Is always for downloads
F:\ is for media/content creation/editing and related tasks
G:\ is used for general data
H:\ is used for programming, scripting, web design and related tasks (If present)

I want optical drives to always be A: and B: Windows always starts at D: during install, which varies from PC to PC (It never seems to see the drives in the same order during install, even if I always put SSD on SATA port 0, optical on Port(s) 2 (and 3), and HDDs or other SSDs on the next few ports.

I can't use diskpart - This is for use in setupcomplete or autounattend.xml.

Now that I think about, I vaguely recall reading something about this a few years back... To figure out which drive should have which drive letter we'd need other specifics, such as disk type (SSD, HDD), and size.

Anyone think this is doable?

thanks

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Installing OS on SSD that's already on a HDD

Hi there,

I heard that copying/moving OS from drive to drive isn't good. I just bought a SSD for my Freshly build PC which has Windows 10 Home installed on HDD, Now I'm willing to Install Windows on SSD for great performance.

I have some questions:

1) How do I install OS on SSD whiles it's still active on HDD?

2) How to install it? (I have Windows 10 USB drive)

3) How to enable SSD in UEFI BIOS?

4) Will I lose my data on partitions of HDD?

5) Will 120 GB space of my SSD cause any problem while updating Windows?

6) After install, Would I need to contact MSFT for that 'loong' code to activate Windows? (I had to contact for that code when I reinstalled Windows on my PC from My Laptop!)

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Looking to buy my first SSD, how do I install games on my HDD if I have Steam on SSD?

i have a program that automates it, called steam mover i think. will edit a link into this post.


Steam Mover


install to HDD, and only move the games you want to SSD.

 

Installing Windows 10 on HDD, then on SSD


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