in Delphi7, How can I retrieve hard disk unique serial number? - delphi

Question

Hi
I want to retrieve HDD unique (hardware) serial number.
I use some functions but in Windows Seven or Vista they don't work correctly because of admin right.
Is it possible retrieve it without run as Administrator?

Answer 1

Following the links in the question comments Sertac posted, I came across this interesting C++ question, where Fredou answered with a nice link to a codeproject example showing how to do this in .NET, which in turn was based on a link to Borland C++ code and article.
The cool thing is that this C++ code works as a non-administrator user too!
Now you need someone to help you translate this C++ code to Delphi.
Edit: Found a Delphi unit that does this for you.
I wrote some sample use for it:
program DiskDriveSerialConsoleProject;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
Windows,
SysUtils,
hddinfo in 'hddinfo.pas';
const
// Max number of drives assuming primary/secondary, master/slave topology
MAX_IDE_DRIVES = 16;
procedure ReadPhysicalDriveInNTWithZeroRights ();
var
DriveNumber: Byte;
HDDInfo: THDDInfo;
begin
HDDInfo := THDDInfo.Create();
try
for DriveNumber := 0 to MAX_IDE_DRIVES - 1 do
try
HDDInfo.DriveNumber := DriveNumber;
if HDDInfo.IsInfoAvailable then
begin
Writeln('VendorId: ', HDDInfo.VendorId);
Writeln('ProductId: ', HDDInfo.ProductId);
Writeln('ProductRevision: ', HDDInfo.ProductRevision);
Writeln('SerialNumber: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumber);
Writeln('SerialNumberInt: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumberInt);
Writeln('SerialNumberText: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumberText);
end;
except
on E: Exception do
Writeln(Format('DriveNumber %d, %s: %s', [DriveNumber, E.ClassName, E.Message]));
end;
finally
HDDInfo.Free;
end;
end;
begin
ReadPhysicalDriveInNTWithZeroRights;
Write('Press <Enter>');
Readln;
end.
Unit from http://www.delphipraxis.net/564756-post28.html
// http://www.delphipraxis.net/564756-post28.html
unit hddinfo;
interface
uses Windows, SysUtils, Classes;
const
IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY = $2D1400;
type
THDDInfo = class (TObject)
private
FDriveNumber: Byte;
FFileHandle: Cardinal;
FInfoAvailable: Boolean;
FProductRevision: string;
FProductId: string;
FSerialNumber: string;
FVendorId: string;
procedure ReadInfo;
procedure SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
public
constructor Create;
property DriveNumber: Byte read FDriveNumber write SetDriveNumber;
property VendorId: string read FVendorId;
property ProductId: string read FProductId;
property ProductRevision: string read FProductRevision;
property SerialNumber: string read FSerialNumber;
function SerialNumberInt: Cardinal;
function SerialNumberText: string;
function IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
end;
implementation
type
STORAGE_PROPERTY_QUERY = packed record
PropertyId: DWORD;
QueryType: DWORD;
AdditionalParameters: array[0..3] of Byte;
end;
STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR = packed record
Version: ULONG;
Size: ULONG;
DeviceType: Byte;
DeviceTypeModifier: Byte;
RemovableMedia: Boolean;
CommandQueueing: Boolean;
VendorIdOffset: ULONG;
ProductIdOffset: ULONG;
ProductRevisionOffset: ULONG;
SerialNumberOffset: ULONG;
STORAGE_BUS_TYPE: DWORD;
RawPropertiesLength: ULONG;
RawDeviceProperties: array[0..511] of Byte;
end;
function ByteToChar(const B: Byte): Char;
begin
Result := Chr(B + $30)
end;
function SerialNumberToCardinal (SerNum: String): Cardinal;
begin
HexToBin(PChar(SerNum), PChar(#Result), SizeOf(Cardinal));
end;
function SerialNumberToString(SerNum: String): String;
var
I, StrLen: Integer;
Pair: string;
B: Byte;
Ch: Char absolute B;
begin
Result := '';
StrLen := Length(SerNum);
if Odd(StrLen) then Exit;
I := 1;
while I < StrLen do
begin
Pair := Copy (SerNum, I, 2);
HexToBin(PChar(Pair), PChar(#B), 1);
Result := Result + Chr(B);
Inc(I, 2);
end;
I := 1;
while I < Length(Result) do
begin
Ch := Result[I];
Result[I] := Result[I + 1];
Result[I + 1] := Ch;
Inc(I, 2);
end;
end;
constructor THddInfo.Create;
begin
inherited;
SetDriveNumber(0);
end;
function THDDInfo.IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
begin
Result := FInfoAvailable
end;
procedure THDDInfo.ReadInfo;
type
PCharArray = ^TCharArray;
TCharArray = array[0..32767] of Char;
var
Returned: Cardinal;
Status: LongBool;
PropQuery: STORAGE_PROPERTY_QUERY;
DeviceDescriptor: STORAGE_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR;
PCh: PChar;
begin
FInfoAvailable := False;
FProductRevision := '';
FProductId := '';
FSerialNumber := '';
FVendorId := '';
try
FFileHandle := CreateFile(
PChar('\\.\PhysicalDrive' + ByteToChar(FDriveNumber)),
0,
FILE_SHARE_READ or FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
nil,
OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
0
);
if FFileHandle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
RaiseLastOSError;
ZeroMemory(#PropQuery, SizeOf(PropQuery));
ZeroMemory(#DeviceDescriptor, SizeOf(DeviceDescriptor));
DeviceDescriptor.Size := SizeOf(DeviceDescriptor);
Status := DeviceIoControl(
FFileHandle,
IOCTL_STORAGE_QUERY_PROPERTY,
#PropQuery,
SizeOf(PropQuery),
#DeviceDescriptor,
DeviceDescriptor.Size,
Returned,
nil
);
if not Status then
RaiseLastOSError;
if DeviceDescriptor.VendorIdOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.VendorIdOffset];
FVendorId := PCh;
end;
if DeviceDescriptor.ProductIdOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.ProductIdOffset];
FProductId := PCh;
end;
if DeviceDescriptor.ProductRevisionOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.ProductRevisionOffset];
FProductRevision := PCh;
end;
if DeviceDescriptor.SerialNumberOffset <> 0 then
begin
PCh := #PCharArray(#DeviceDescriptor)^[DeviceDescriptor.SerialNumberOffset];
FSerialNumber := PCh;
end;
FInfoAvailable := True;
finally
if FFileHandle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
CloseHandle(FFileHandle);
end;
end;
function THDDInfo.SerialNumberInt: Cardinal;
begin
Result := 0;
if ((IsInfoAvailable = True) and (FSerialNumber <> '')) then Result := SerialNumberToCardinal(FSerialNumber)
end;
function THDDInfo.SerialNumberText: string;
begin
Result := '';
if ((IsInfoAvailable = True) and (FSerialNumber <> '')) then Result := SerialNumberToString(FSerialNumber)
end;
procedure THDDInfo.SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
begin
FDriveNumber := Value;
ReadInfo;
end;
end.
Edit: RAID configurations require special provisions.
For instance, I got a RAID system with multiple RAID 5 array; only the first one displays, and it does not show the drive serial numbers, but the serial number of the RAID array:
VendorId: AMCC
ProductId: 9550SXU-16ML
ProductRevision: 3.08
SerialNumber: 006508296D6A2A00DE82
SerialNumberInt: 688416000
--jeroen

Answer 2

You can use the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) to get information related to windows hardware.
Exist two wmi classes wich exposes a property called SerialNumber which store the Number allocated by the manufacturer to identify the physical media. these classes are Win32_DiskDrive and Win32_PhysicalMedia.to access the SerialNumber property of these classes you must know the DeviceId of the Disk which is something like this \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0. Another way is use a association class which link the Physical drive with the logical drive (C,D,E)
so you must find this link previous to obtain the serial number. the sequence to find this association is like this.
Win32_DiskPartition -> Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition -> Win32_DiskDrive
Note 1 : The SerialNumber property for the Win32_DiskDrive class does not exist in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0, so how you are talking about use Windows Vista or Windows 7, will work ok for you.
Note 2 : The code does not require a administrator account to run.
check this code
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils,
ActiveX,
ComObj,
Variants;
function GetDiskSerial(const Drive:AnsiChar):string;
var
FSWbemLocator : OLEVariant;
objWMIService : OLEVariant;
colDiskDrives : OLEVariant;
colLogicalDisks: OLEVariant;
colPartitions : OLEVariant;
objDiskDrive : OLEVariant;
objPartition : OLEVariant;
objLogicalDisk : OLEVariant;
oEnumDiskDrive : IEnumvariant;
oEnumPartition : IEnumvariant;
oEnumLogical : IEnumvariant;
iValue : LongWord;
DeviceID : string;
begin;
Result:='';
FSWbemLocator := CreateOleObject('WbemScripting.SWbemLocator');
objWMIService := FSWbemLocator.ConnectServer('localhost', 'root\CIMV2', '', ''); //Connect to the WMI
colDiskDrives := objWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive','WQL',0);
oEnumDiskDrive:= IUnknown(colDiskDrives._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
while oEnumDiskDrive.Next(1, objDiskDrive, iValue) = 0 do
begin
DeviceID := StringReplace(objDiskDrive.DeviceID,'\','\\',[rfReplaceAll]); //Escape the `\` chars in the DeviceID value because the '\' is a reserved character in WMI.
colPartitions := objWMIService.ExecQuery(Format('ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_DiskDrive.DeviceID="%s"} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition',[DeviceID]));//link the Win32_DiskDrive class with the Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition class
oEnumPartition := IUnknown(colPartitions._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
while oEnumPartition.Next(1, objPartition, iValue) = 0 do
begin
colLogicalDisks := objWMIService.ExecQuery('ASSOCIATORS OF {Win32_DiskPartition.DeviceID="'+objPartition.DeviceID+'"} WHERE AssocClass = Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition'); //link the Win32_DiskPartition class with theWin32_LogicalDiskToPartition class.
oEnumLogical := IUnknown(colLogicalDisks._NewEnum) as IEnumVariant;
while oEnumLogical.Next(1, objLogicalDisk, iValue) = 0 do
begin
if objLogicalDisk.DeviceID=(Drive+':') then //compare the device id
begin
Result:=objDiskDrive.SerialNumber;
Exit;
end;
objLogicalDisk:=Unassigned;
end;
objPartition:=Unassigned;
end;
end;
end;
begin
try
CoInitialize(nil);
try
Writeln(GetDiskSerial('C'));
Readln;
finally
CoUninitialize;
end;
except
on E:Exception do
begin
Writeln(E.Classname, ':', E.Message);
Readln;
end;
end;
end.

Answer 3

Here is another DiskId32 translation from C++ to Delphi by Victor Derevyanko
project:
http://code.google.com/p/dvsrc/
Because the first method (WithZeroRights) doesn't work for me, I wrote another for ReadIdeDriveAsScsiDriveInNT method:
unit HDScsiInfo;
interface
uses
Windows, SysUtils;
const
IDENTIFY_BUFFER_SIZE = 512;
FILE_DEVICE_SCSI = $0000001b;
IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_IDENTIFY = ((FILE_DEVICE_SCSI shl 16) + $0501);
IDE_ATA_IDENTIFY = $EC; // Returns ID sector for ATA.
IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT = $0004D008; // see NTDDSCSI.H for definition
type
TDiskData = array [0..256-1] of DWORD;
TDriveInfo = record
ControllerType: Integer; //0 - primary, 1 - secondary, 2 - Tertiary, 3 - Quaternary
DriveMS: Integer; //0 - master, 1 - slave
DriveModelNumber: String;
DriveSerialNumber: String;
DriveControllerRevisionNumber: String;
ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: Int64;
DriveType: String; //fixed or removable or unknown
DriveSizeBytes: Int64;
end;
THDScsiInfo = class (TObject)
private
FDriveNumber: Byte;
FFileHandle: Cardinal;
FInfoAvailable: Boolean;
FProductRevision: string;
FSerialNumber: string;
FControllerType: Integer;
FDriveMS: Integer;
FDriveModelNumber: string;
FControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: Int64;
FDriveType: string;
FDriveSizeBytes: Int64;
procedure ReadInfo;
procedure SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
procedure PrintIdeInfo(DiskData: TDiskData);
public
constructor Create;
property DriveNumber: Byte read FDriveNumber write SetDriveNumber;
property ProductRevision: string read FProductRevision;
property SerialNumber: string read FSerialNumber;
property ControllerType: Integer read FControllerType;
property DriveMS: Integer read FDriveMS;
property DriveModelNumber: string read FDriveModelNumber;
property ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: Int64 read FControllerBufferSizeOnDrive;
property DriveType: string read FDriveType;
property DriveSizeBytes: Int64 read FDriveSizeBytes;
function IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
end;
implementation
type
SRB_IO_CONTROL = record
HeaderLength: Cardinal;
Signature: array [0..8-1] of Byte;
Timeout: Cardinal;
ControlCode: Cardinal;
ReturnCode: Cardinal;
Length: Cardinal;
end;
PSRB_IO_CONTROL = ^SRB_IO_CONTROL;
DRIVERSTATUS = record
bDriverError: Byte;// Error code from driver, or 0 if no error.
bIDEStatus: Byte;// Contents of IDE Error register.
// Only valid when bDriverError is SMART_IDE_ERROR.
bReserved: array [0..1] of Byte;// Reserved for future expansion.
dwReserved: array [0..1] of Longword;// Reserved for future expansion.
end;
SENDCMDOUTPARAMS = record
cBufferSize: Longword;// Size of bBuffer in bytes
DriverStatus: DRIVERSTATUS;// Driver status structure.
bBuffer: array [0..0] of Byte;// Buffer of arbitrary length in which to store the data read from the // drive.
end;
IDEREGS = record
bFeaturesReg: Byte;// Used for specifying SMART "commands".
bSectorCountReg: Byte;// IDE sector count register
bSectorNumberReg: Byte;// IDE sector number register
bCylLowReg: Byte;// IDE low order cylinder value
bCylHighReg: Byte;// IDE high order cylinder value
bDriveHeadReg: Byte;// IDE drive/head register
bCommandReg: Byte;// Actual IDE command.
bReserved: Byte;// reserved for future use. Must be zero.
end;
SENDCMDINPARAMS = record
cBufferSize: Longword;// Buffer size in bytes
irDriveRegs: IDEREGS; // Structure with drive register values.
bDriveNumber: Byte;// Physical drive number to send
// command to (0,1,2,3).
bReserved: array[0..2] of Byte;// Reserved for future expansion.
dwReserved: array [0..3] of Longword;// For future use.
bBuffer: array [0..0] of Byte;// Input buffer. //!TODO: this is array of single element
end;
PSENDCMDINPARAMS = ^SENDCMDINPARAMS;
PSENDCMDOUTPARAMS = ^SENDCMDOUTPARAMS;
IDSECTOR = record
wGenConfig: Word;
wNumCyls: Word;
wReserved: Word;
wNumHeads: Word;
wBytesPerTrack: Word;
wBytesPerSector: Word;
wSectorsPerTrack: Word;
wVendorUnique: array [0..3-1] of Word;
sSerialNumber: array [0..20-1] of AnsiChar;
wBufferType: Word;
wBufferSize: Word;
wECCSize: Word;
sFirmwareRev: array [0..8-1] of AnsiChar;
sModelNumber: array [0..40-1] of AnsiChar;
wMoreVendorUnique: Word;
wDoubleWordIO: Word;
wCapabilities: Word;
wReserved1: Word;
wPIOTiming: Word;
wDMATiming: Word;
wBS: Word;
wNumCurrentCyls: Word;
wNumCurrentHeads: Word;
wNumCurrentSectorsPerTrack: Word;
ulCurrentSectorCapacity: Cardinal;
wMultSectorStuff: Word;
ulTotalAddressableSectors: Cardinal;
wSingleWordDMA: Word;
wMultiWordDMA: Word;
bReserved: array [0..128-1] of Byte;
end;
PIDSECTOR = ^IDSECTOR;
TArrayDriveInfo = array of TDriveInfo;
type
DeviceQuery = record
HeaderLength: Cardinal;
Signature: array [0..8-1] of Byte;
Timeout: Cardinal;
ControlCode: Cardinal;
ReturnCode: Cardinal;
Length: Cardinal;
cBufferSize: Longword;// Buffer size in bytes
irDriveRegs: IDEREGS; // Structure with drive register values.
bDriveNumber: Byte;// Physical drive number to send
bReserved: array[0..2] of Byte;// Reserved for future expansion.
dwReserved: array [0..3] of Longword;// For future use.
bBuffer: array [0..0] of Byte;// Input buffer. //!TODO: this is array of single element
end;
function ConvertToString (diskdata: TDiskData;
firstIndex: Integer;
lastIndex: Integer;
buf: PAnsiChar): PAnsiChar;
var
index: Integer;
position: Integer;
begin
position := 0;
// each integer has two characters stored in it backwards
for index := firstIndex to lastIndex do begin
// get high byte for 1st character
buf[position] := AnsiChar(Chr(diskdata [index] div 256));
inc(position);
// get low byte for 2nd character
buf [position] := AnsiChar(Chr(diskdata [index] mod 256));
inc(position);
end;
// end the string
buf[position] := Chr(0);
// cut off the trailing blanks
index := position - 1;
while (index >0) do begin
// if not IsSpace(AnsiChar(buf[index]))
if (AnsiChar(buf[index]) <> ' ')
then break;
buf [index] := Chr(0);
dec(index);
end;
Result := buf;
end;
constructor THDScsiInfo.Create;
begin
inherited;
SetDriveNumber(0);
end;
function THDScsiInfo.IsInfoAvailable: Boolean;
begin
Result := FInfoAvailable
end;
procedure THDScsiInfo.PrintIdeInfo (DiskData: TDiskData);
var
nSectors: Int64;
serialNumber: array [0..1024-1] of AnsiChar;
modelNumber: array [0..1024-1] of AnsiChar;
revisionNumber: array [0..1024-1] of AnsiChar;
begin
// copy the hard drive serial number to the buffer
ConvertToString (DiskData, 10, 19, #serialNumber);
ConvertToString (DiskData, 27, 46, #modelNumber);
ConvertToString (DiskData, 23, 26, #revisionNumber);
FControllerType := FDriveNumber div 2;
FDriveMS := FDriveNumber mod 2;
FDriveModelNumber := modelNumber;
FSerialNumber := serialNumber;
FProductRevision := revisionNumber;
FControllerBufferSizeOnDrive := DiskData [21] * 512;
if ((DiskData [0] and $0080) <> 0)
then FDriveType := 'Removable'
else if ((DiskData [0] and $0040) <> 0)
then FDriveType := 'Fixed'
else FDriveType := 'Unknown';
// calculate size based on 28 bit or 48 bit addressing
// 48 bit addressing is reflected by bit 10 of word 83
if ((DiskData[83] and $400) <> 0) then begin
nSectors := DiskData[103] * Int64(65536) * Int64(65536) * Int64(65536) +
DiskData[102] * Int64(65536) * Int64(65536) +
DiskData[101] * Int64(65536) +
DiskData[100];
end else begin
nSectors := DiskData [61] * 65536 + DiskData [60];
end;
// there are 512 bytes in a sector
FDriveSizeBytes := nSectors * 512;
end;
procedure THDScsiInfo.ReadInfo;
type
DataArry = array [0..256-1] of WORD;
PDataArray = ^DataArry;
const
SENDIDLENGTH = sizeof (SENDCMDOUTPARAMS) + IDENTIFY_BUFFER_SIZE;
var
I: Integer;
buffer: array [0..sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL) + SENDIDLENGTH - 1] of AnsiChar;
dQuery: DeviceQuery;
dummy: DWORD;
pOut: PSENDCMDOUTPARAMS;
pId: PIDSECTOR;
DiskData: TDiskData;
pIdSectorPtr: PWord;
begin
FInfoAvailable := False;
FFileHandle := CreateFile (PChar(Format('\\.\Scsi%d:', [FDriveNumber])),
GENERIC_READ or GENERIC_WRITE,
FILE_SHARE_READ or FILE_SHARE_WRITE, nil,
OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
if (FFileHandle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) then begin
ZeroMemory(#dQuery, SizeOf(dQuery));
dQuery.HeaderLength := sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL);
dQuery.Timeout := 10000;
dQuery.Length := SENDIDLENGTH;
dQuery.ControlCode := IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT_IDENTIFY;
StrLCopy(#dQuery.Signature, 'SCSIDISK', 8);
dQuery.irDriveRegs.bCommandReg := IDE_ATA_IDENTIFY;
dQuery.bDriveNumber := FDriveNumber;
if (DeviceIoControl (FFileHandle, IOCTL_SCSI_MINIPORT,
#dQuery,
SizeOf(dQuery),
#buffer,
sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL) + SENDIDLENGTH,
dummy, nil))
then begin
pOut := PSENDCMDOUTPARAMS(buffer + sizeof (SRB_IO_CONTROL)); //!TOCHECK
pId := PIDSECTOR(#pOut^.bBuffer[0]);
if (pId^.sModelNumber[0] <> Chr(0) ) then begin
pIdSectorPtr := PWord(pId);
for I := 0 to 256-1 do
DiskData[I] := PDataArray(pIdSectorPtr)[I];
PrintIdeInfo (DiskData);
FInfoAvailable := True;
end;
end;
CloseHandle(FFileHandle);
end;
end;
procedure THDScsiInfo.SetDriveNumber(const Value: Byte);
begin
FDriveNumber := Value;
ReadInfo;
end;
end.
Sample usage:
procedure ReadIdeDriveAsScsiDriveInNT;
var
DriveNumber: Byte;
HDDInfo: THDScsiInfo;
begin
HDDInfo := THDScsiInfo.Create();
try
for DriveNumber := 0 to MAX_IDE_DRIVES - 1 do
try
HDDInfo.DriveNumber := DriveNumber;
if HDDInfo.IsInfoAvailable then begin
Writeln('Available Drive: ', HDDInfo.DriveNumber);
Writeln('ControllerType: ', HDDInfo.ControllerType);
Writeln('DriveMS: ', HDDInfo.DriveMS);
Writeln('DriveModelNumber: ', HDDInfo.DriveModelNumber);
Writeln('ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive: ', HDDInfo.ControllerBufferSizeOnDrive);
Writeln('DriveType: ', HDDInfo.DriveType);
Writeln('DriveSizeBytes: ', HDDInfo.DriveSizeBytes);
Writeln('ProductRevision: ', HDDInfo.ProductRevision);
Writeln('SerialNumber: ', HDDInfo.SerialNumber);
end;
except
on E: Exception do
Writeln(Format('DriveNumber %d, %s: %s', [DriveNumber, E.ClassName, E.Message]));
end;
finally
HDDInfo.Free;
end;
end;
begin
ReadIdeDriveAsScsiDriveInNT;
Write('Press <Enter>');
end.
This works great with my WD disk.

Answer 4

I found this code, it is fixed one and working fine with me on windows 7 64
https://code.google.com/p/dvsrc/downloads/detail?name=20120116DiskId32Port_fixed.7z&can=2&q=
and this his all work
https://code.google.com/p/dvsrc/downloads/list

Answer 5

Posting this purely for completeness sake, and to possibly satisfy those interested or die hard hardware fanatics.
I do not have a Pascal compiler at my disposal to test these routines on current Windows systems, but I do know this code worked back in the DOS era. Maybe it still works from a command prompt window.
Pascal code:
uses
Dos, Crt;
type
SerNoType = record
case Integer of
0: (SerNo1, SerNo2: Word);
1: (SerNo: Longint);
end;
DiskSerNoInfoType = record
Infolevel: Word;
VolSerNo: SerNoType;
VolLabel: array[1..11] of Char;
FileSys: array[1..8] of Char;
end;
function HexDigit(N: Byte): Char;
begin
if N < 10 then
HexDigit := Chr(Ord('0') + N)
else
HexDigit := Chr(Ord('A') + (N - 10));
end;
function GetVolSerialNo(DriveNo: Byte): String;
var
ReturnArray: DiskSerNoInfoType;
Regs: Registers;
begin
with Regs do
begin
AX := $440d;
BL := DriveNo;
CH := $08;
CL := $66;
DS := Seg(ReturnArray);
DX := Ofs(ReturnArray);
Intr($21, Regs);
if (Flags and FCarry) <> 0 then
GetVolSerialNo := ''
else
with ReturnArray.VolSerNo do
GetVolSerialNo :=
HexDigit(Hi(SerNo2) div 16) + HexDigit(Hi(SerNo2) mod 16) +
HexDigit(Lo(SerNo2) div 16) + HexDigit(Lo(SerNo2) mod 16) +
HexDigit(Hi(SerNo1) div 16) + HexDigit(Hi(SerNo1) mod 16) +
HexDigit(Lo(SerNo1) div 16) + HexDigit(Lo(SerNo1) mod 16);
end;
end;
procedure PutVolSerialNo(DriveNo: Byte; SerialNo: Longint);
var
ReturnArray: DiskSerNoInfoType;
Regs: Registers;
begin
with Regs do
begin
AX := $440d;
BL := DriveNo;
CH := $08;
CL := $66;
DS := Seg(ReturnArray);
DX := Ofs(ReturnArray);
Intr($21, Regs);
if (Flags and FCarry) = 0 then
begin
ReturnArray.VolSerNo.SerNo := SerialNo;
AH := $69;
BL := DriveNo;
AL := $01;
DS := Seg(ReturnArray);
DX := Ofs(ReturnArray);
Intr($21, Regs);
end;
end;
end;
Please feel free to update this answer in order to get it working (if possible at all) in Delphi.