How to get USB drive real serial number without WMI?

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Hi all, i'd like to know how to get the serial number of a USB drive without using WMI.
Possibly the one that doesn't change when you format your drive.

Thanks in advance

 

[dotNetDave]

As far as I know you can't... you have to use WMI.

David

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[Colbert Zhou [MSFT]]

Hello,

Here is a nice article about how to get USB serial number in two ways,
1.WMI
2.Windows API
http://www.emmet-gray.com/Articles/USB_SerialNumbers.htm

Obviously that the WMI approach is more straight and easier. So I also
suggest you use the WMI approach.


Best regards,
Ji Zhou
Microsoft Online Community Support

 

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Thank you very much. i'll take a look at it