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mir

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HDD SN. Is that stupid ?

Hello guys..

I want to get the HDD Serial Number , encrypt it and save it in my database...

halla2 if u look around on the net, you will find tons of codes that tell the Hdd serial numbers
I want to get a serial number that doesn't change with a format (lot of codes don't give the real number)

so i opened cmd ..i simply typed dir c
volume serial number is : Xd231 ..

so it is simple.. i can get the result to a text file (using > ) and read the serial number...

is that a simple or a stupid approach?
do u think this serial number will change ....
elaborate...

10x for ur replies in advance

nuclearcat

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Re: HDD SN. Is that stupid ?

Most correct way to get serial over ATAPI IDENTIFY command, you will get array with full information. It is for IDE, for SCSI i dunno.
But
1. I got few times in lebanon OEM HDD's with number - all zero.
2. IDE DOM flash usually dont have serial too.
etc...

nuclearcat

Member

Re: HDD SN. Is that stupid ?

I am not sure also about dir, maybe it is logical volume serial, not HDD. You can make sure about serial, by checking some "hardware info" reporting tools.

mir

Member

Re: HDD SN. Is that stupid ?

yes, i will be looking for some hardware check info
can't i see it somewhere from insided windows.. like in the device manager or something (i will check it today)

Thank you for your reply nuclearcat..
i actually asked the question , then got busy with something else

I will post the final answer when i find it

teodorgeorgiev

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Re: HDD SN. Is that stupid ?

Just an idea, why don't you get the BIOS date? I have seen some software packages (old time, DOS based), which check for the BIOS date as a copy protection method.

Padre

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Re: HDD SN. Is that stupid ?

lol, Bios date in a nice idea :)