How to find hard drive serial number using C++ in windows

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

I actually need to find out SD card serial number so that I could distinguish between different SD cards with a unique key. Please suggest...!!!

Posted 9-Jul-13 18:59pm

Heya from Delhi

Updated 10-Jul-13 20:40pm

v2

Add a Solution

Comments

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jul-13 2:22am

May I ask you: why?
—SA

Heya from Delhi 11-Jul-13 2:51am

I've got 5 SD cards (SanDisk, Lexar, Delkin, Transcend, Samsung) and I have to identify them uniquely.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Jul-13 8:23am

The can be named by a volume label. Isn't that enough?
—SA

2 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

nv3 · Answer 1 · 2013-07-10T03:55:00

Solution 1

Under Windows you might want to try:

GetVolumeInformation

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa364993%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

Posted 10-Jul-13 3:55am

nv3

Comments

Heya from Delhi 11-Jul-13 2:44am

GetVolumeInformation gives volume number which is not unique (changes on formatting the hard drive).

Ron Beyer · Answer 2 · 2013-07-10T04:16:00

Solution 2

You may be interested to know that not all devices report serial numbers. The volume ID is also easily duplicated or changed.

Posted 10-Jul-13 4:16am

Ron Beyer

Comments

Heya from Delhi 11-Jul-13 2:42am

Volume number gets changed everytime on formatting the disk. I want to know the unique serial number for identifying the SD card, which does not change.

The_Inventor 11-Jul-13 3:55am

Look on the outside of the card, input into a file, read file.