Hi all, i'd like to know how to get the serial number of a USB drive without using WMI.
Possibly the one that doesn't change when you format your drive.

Thanks in advance

As far as I know you can't... you have to use WMI.

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"star-italia" wrote:

> Hi all, i'd like to know how to get the serial number of a USB drive without using WMI.
> Possibly the one that doesn't change when you format your drive.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> .
> 

Hello,

Here is a nice article about how to get USB serial number in two ways,
1.WMI
2.Windows API
http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/USB_SerialNumbers.htm

Obviously that the WMI approach is more straight and easier. So I also 
suggest you use the WMI approach.


Best regards,
Ji Zhou
Microsoft Online Community Support

Thank you very much. i'll take a look at it

On 27/01/2010 10:52, Colbert Zhou [MSFT] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here is a nice article about how to get USB serial number in two ways,
> 1.WMI
> 2.Windows API
> http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/USB_SerialNumbers.htm
>
> Obviously that the WMI approach is more straight and easier. So I also
> suggest you use the WMI approach.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Ji Zhou
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>