Real serial number of IDE hard disk? Hi, I want to get manufacturer's harddisk serial number (note: not' volume serial number'), because with formating it doesn't change. I have searched the newsgroup archives at: codenewsfast.com and groups.google.com; but to no avail.

Subject: Real serial number of IDE hard disk? Posted by: John Warren Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 Hi, I want to get manufacturer's harddisk serial number (note: not' volume serial number'), because with formating it doesn't change. I have searched the newsgroup archives at: codenewsfast.com and groups.google.com; but to no avail. I am not looking for the use of GetVolumeInformation for getting the 'hard disk serial number', because what this function actually gets is the volume serial number, not the manufacturer's hard disk serial number. The volume serial no. Is assigned and changed during the formatting of the partition. A proper/working code (in Delphi 5) will be highly appreciated.

Epikriz vzyatiya na dispansernij uchet obrazec. The code should work with Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/7 for both x32 and x64 bit platforms. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, John Replies • posted by Ian Murphy on Thu, 28 Jul 2011.