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  1. April 15th, 2003, 02:51 AM #1
    mariusdc2000
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    Angry physical hd serialnumber

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    How can I get the harddisk physical serial number on all OS's?
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  2. April 15th, 2003, 03:04 AM #2
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    I doubt that there is a uniform method to do that on ALL operating systems. Standard C++ knows nothing about harddisks and their serial numbers, so an approach from this side is excluded.
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  3. April 15th, 2003, 03:10 AM #3
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    But only on Win98 or higher and using WINAPI or anything else?
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  4. April 15th, 2003, 03:21 AM #4
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    Have a look at DeviceIoControl() and the provided examples in MSDN.
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