Getting the Harddrive's Serial Number

[Jason Hihn]

I've searched and searched and I can't find anything on it. I'm not referring to a Volume serial number (easy) but the actual hardware serial number on the physical drive, assigned by the manuf. and not the partition's operating-system-assiged number. Does anyone have a clue on how I can read it under 95/NT? Many thanks!

[JohnnyG]

I don't believe there is a way to programatically to do that besides taking the case off of the computer and examining the drive. Maybe, the manufacturer's utility (e.g. Western Digital or MaxStor) can get that info if it is indeed stored on the disk.