How can I read a hard drive's factory serial number from a Java program?

Question

I want to read a hard disk's factory serial number, not the volume serial number from a Aava program or C or C++ if this isn't possible in Java.

Answer 1

You can use Win32_PhysicalMedia class with the SerialNumber property to obtain that.

A quick Google search came up with this already written program to do exactly that.

It works just like a SQL Query on a table.

Thanks

Answer 2

Basically you need to access WMI (windows management interface) from Java.

From quick googling try this solution. Or maybe this open source one.

Check out this for Groovy based solution.