Hi Bart,

You are probably right, looks like I will need to re-think an aspect of my
user validation systems ):-

Regards,
Peter T

"RB Smissaert" wrote in message

Hi Peter,

I think there are 2 different HD numbers. One that is the one you are
interested in and another one
that is obtained with the API I posted. The first one is difficult to get,
but if I remember well there is
a way. Not sure though it can be done with VB(A).

RBS


"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message
...
Really - we are talking serial number here ?
That's a pain, I just assumed the HD's serial number was somehow embedded
for all eternity, like my car's chassis number. Or is it more akin to my
car's registration number?

I think it will also change with a reformat (should the user decide to
'clean things up' one day).

Yes, maybe better than using the HD serial number as I think that can
be the same when the
disk image has been cloned.

Regards,
Peter T