harware serial numbers

[firewire19]

Is there a folder or file in the xp os that collects the
serial numbers of installed hardware, eg. cd-drive,
floppy drive, case etc.?

 

[no]

no
check on actual hardware.

 

[Wesley VogelX]

Yes. Called System Information.
Or go here:
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php
Free, download, install and run.
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

No.

Bruce Chambers

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[Wesley VogelX]

Bruce;
Aida32 lists my Motherboard serial #, my Monitor serial # and my Gateway
System serial #, to name a few. What would these be if not hardware serial
#'s?
Wes

 

[Jim Macklin]

AIDA32 will do some of these things, free download. Google
will find it for you.


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[Wesley VogelX]

Jim;
I already have it. Have had it since having Windows98. According to
Mssr. Chambers, Aida32 won't. I am waiting for a clarification.
Wes

 

[Alex Nichol]

Is there a folder or file in the xp os that collects the
serial numbers of installed hardware, eg. cd-drive,
floppy drive, case etc.?

In general no. The information tools mentioned in another post do not
include serial numbers (The volume serial number of a disk partition is
a software item that changes on a re-format, nothing to do with actual
hardware). Some info will be in the product activation database, but
not in usable form, and not covering everything anyway

 

[Incognitus]

Scroll down and read the message from the OP again.

"Is there a folder or file in the xp os that collects the serial numbers of
installed hardware"

The correct answer is no.

Aida32 doesn't come with XP.

 

[Wesley VogelX]

You are correct. I hate trick questions.
Wes

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

1) AIDA32 is not part of WinXP. The OP didn't ask if any
non-Microsoft utilities might reveal such information.

2) Not all hardware manufacturers burn the components' serial
numbers into ROM, so there is no universal 3rd party solution.

Bruce Chambers

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I know that. That's not what the OP asked.

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[Wesley VogelX]

Bruce;
1) Incognitus pretty much explained that.
2) Right.
Wes