Andy Burns wrote:
Mayayana wrote:

What I'm saying is that you are both
using WMI. You may not know it

Of course I know it, the clue is in the name; I was complaining about
*WHAT* was being retrieved, rather than *HOW*


The two drives can be told apart, by their Power-On-Hours
field in SMART.

One drive claims to be brand new. The POH
should have a low numerical value.

While you're reviewing the POH in HTTune SMART tab,
you can flip to the Info tab and review SerialNumber.

And HDTune disks should be in the same order as Disk Management.

Using WMIC and PhysicalDisk versus SerialNumber, should show
the same pattern.

Paul

What Namespace contains 'PhysicalDisk'? (Not in CIMV2, which is what I'm using)

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