Imaging multiple pc's solution

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Good morning /g/! A while back I was feeling a bit overworked because of a massive task with a short deadline, but long story short I developed a series of batch programs that images 4 hard drives at the same time. I can't post the source code since 4chan is a big no-no on our network, so I posted a pic of it.

Note(s):
-This is for MASS deployment, not for just 1 or 2 pc's, that's when you'd use an MDT server
-The batch file imC is similar to the rest of the imaging batch files.
-The imaging tool used was the imagex command line tools
-Everything can be controlled in WinPE or Windows 7+
-Drive check was implemented because my co workers were accidentally erasing drives, but the text file literally only contains the word "succeeded" and is placed in the home directory of my usb stick. Without that file or the USB assigned as g:/, you create an infinite loop until the conditions are met. You could make a batch that creates a text file and writes the drive letter in the text file, and then create another batch that re-assigns the drive letter, but I rarely ran into that problem so I didn't bother.
-all of this assumes that you have a wim already created, and an available desktop that has 4 or more SATA connections/cables
-the file that copies to the boot drive (x:\) is the imagex command tool. I did this because some of the usb sticks didn't have that added into WinPE when they were configured, so I tried to make the program universal as possible.
-This system assumes that you "know things," so if you don't know how it works at second glance (with some research,) please don't use it...

WARNING! Opening a desktop computer or laptop computer could void your warranty, plus opening your computer (if it isn't obvious enough) makes it and the hard drive more vulnerable to damages. Also, connecting multiple drives could overload your PSU, so please do the math before you run the batch! Please proceed with caution.

Enjoy!