Bob_S wrote:
"Mayayana" wrote in message news
"Bob_S" wrote
| I am not going to read this whole thread again to see what has been
said
and
| not said
How are you going to be helpful if you don't read
the thread? It was established a couple of days ago
that he wants the hard disk serial number... assuming
that he *really* needs that at all.... and that volume
serial number won't be helpful.
| Can't believe all the paths this thread has taken from Linux to VB
scripts
| just to identify a hard drive
|
It did get complicated. There are several cooks
in the kitchen and Peter is in over his head with script.
He also seems to be on the other side of the world,
which means the discussion is going slo-mo because
there's not much time overlap.
You may not find script interesting, but for people
who do it's an interesting, informative discussion.
I might just as well say, "I can't believe someone
thinks they need to install an 8 MB program just
to find information about the hardware." 
Speccy does look good. It's very thorough. But
for most situations a 10 KB script can do the job,
while Speccy is mostly just getting the same info,
using the same methods, with a great deal of
overhead.
Also, Peter should have a copy of Samsung Magician
that comes with their SSDs. That also shows
serial numbers. So there are various options, but
Peter is having difficulty figuring out what he needs.
Okay - if the 10K script worked that would have been less confusing but
it took awhile and caused confusion - right.
If you look closely, I was the first to respond to the OP's post which
was initially blank and just the subject line asking if SSD's serial
number were in the BIOS.
Your interest in scripting is good but I looked at this as a simple
problem with a quick answer to solve his stated issue. So what if it's
an 8MB program, it can be uninstalled. And just for clarification,
Speccy shows both the Volume Serial Number as well as manufactures
serial number - the scripts didn't.
I look to solve problems onsite the quickest way I can with the least
amount of time expended so clients don't end up paying for 'research
time' - they tend not to like paying for someone to learn on their
dime. I tend to do the same thing here and if the OP can't understand
the direct methods and says so, then I change tactics and will go into
teach mode if I can actually be of any benefit. Do you really think
offering him scripts and Linux advice solved "his" problem?
So as not to raise anyone's ire for making a simpler suggestion - I'll
stay away from this post and let you guy's solve the issue.
But... I will add one more tidbit. SSD controllers (the onboard SSD
controller) - even Samsung's EVO's (I have a dozen of them) have
problems with compatibility issues and should have their firmware
updated before being put to use. I just did a go-around this week with
a PNY SSD on an industrial grade motherboard. That same SSD worked
perfect on two other computers here in my office but would fail booting
50% of the time on the other system. Put in an Intel and then a Samsung
SSD to test and they booted great every time.
I bring that up because you said he had the Samsung Magician which
should show him if he's on the latest revision or not and I don't recall
reading anyone mentioning that he needed to check for an update.
I did offer a one-liner. But nobody cared. (Got this off the web.)
wmic diskdrive get model,name,serialnumber
Works in Win10, not in WinXP. (WinXP doesn't seem to have a serial number field.)
The diskdrive is an alias for the actual Win32_diskdrive item.
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For people who have somehow switched namespaces, you can try
C:\WINDOWS\system32wmic /namespace:cimv2 diskdrive get model,name,serialnumber
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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17093.1000] === My Insider drive,
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. couple days ago
C:\WINDOWS\system32wmic diskdrive get model,name,serialnumber
Model Name SerialNumber
\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1
WDC WD5003AZEX-00Kxxxx \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 WD-WCC6Y0VExxxx
The value shown, happens to match the S/N of the drive.
https://s10.postimg.org/y75ch1wex/Serial_Number.gif
If you want to see everything the OS has got, try:
wmic diskdrive get F:\out.txt
notepad F:\out.txt
HTH,
Paul