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C Code to determine HDD serial number

Does anyone have a code snippet in C that retrieves a Hard Disk Drive serial number (manufacturers number not Volume Serial Number) Most graeful if you would share.

evilrix

See if this helps...
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mcpp/DriveInfoEx.aspx

jimcooper1

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Thanks, but I'm really looking for a C solution rather than C++

sunnycoder

If you are using Windows, use GetVolumeInformation Win32 API
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364993(VS.85).aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/139547

If you are using Linux, you will have to use some ioctls ... look into source code of hdparm
http://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/

jimcooper1

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Thanks, but I need the hardware serial number rather than the Volume serial number (and also need the C code rather than C++)

evilrix

>> Thanks, but I'm really looking for a C solution rather than C++
Please take another look at the link I posted, it references a link to code that is C code (although there is some assembly as well).
http://www.winsim.com/diskid32/

jimcooper1

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evilrix,
thanks for the second post, that diskid32.cpp does in fact seem to be C rather than C++. That'll take quite a bit of unpicking for me..best I knuckle down and try to understand it. Hopefully someone might have a simpler solution.
Regards
Jim

sunnycoder

What platform?

evilrix

>> evilrix, thanks for the second post
No worries.

jimcooper1

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What platform??

Win32 (XP and Vista) possibly Win64 as well

Regards

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jimcooper1

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Thanks for that .. although I am proficient at C, I am no Windows API programmer. I think I'll downgrade my self from intermediate to moron!!!