Automate Drive Letter Assignment with a DiskPart Script
To assign drive letters, I initially relied on the Disk Management console ( diskmgmt.msc ). While the task seemed simple, repeating it after each fresh Windows installation became time-consuming. To streamline the process, I developed a Batch script that automates drive letter assignments using embedded DiskPart commands. In this post, I focus specifically on the DiskPart-related aspects. You can view the complete script by visiting the project on GitHub. 1. Assigning an Unavailable Letter to a Partition This is the problem my Batch script was designed to solve. When using the Disk Management interface to change a drive letter, the dropdown menu only displays letters that are currently available. Similarly, DiskPart throws an error if a user tries to assign a letter that is already in use by another partition—other than the one being modified. The solution can be summarized as follows: if the desired drive letter is already in use, first remove it from its current owner, then ...