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How to Retrieve the REAL Hard Drive Serial Number

By , 17 Feb 2004
 
hard_disk_serialno_demo.zip
hard_disk_serialNo.exe
hard_disk_serialno_src.zip
HardDriveSample1
App.ico
AssemblyInfo.cs
HardDriveSample1.cs
HardDriveSample1.csproj
HardDriveSample1.csproj.user
HardDriveSample1.sln

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Shows you how to obtain the hardware serial number set by the manufacturer and not the Volume Serial Number that changes after you format a hard drive.
Type Article
Licence CPOL
First Posted 12 Feb 2004
Views 656,577
Downloads 28,614
Bookmarked 227 times

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