I am running Win2k sp4 and I have the WMI functionality.
I think the ability to get the hd serial number would be
dependant upon the hd manufacturer. I remember when I had a
bad power chip on an old Western Digital hd, they had there own
dos based utility to diagnose the drive and return any error
codes along with the serial number, etc. I had another diagnostic
utility for Maxtor drives which did the same thing and either one
would not work on the other. Maybe there are some dos
commands or ??? that are universal in returning the serial
number. Possibly some assmebly code that will do it. I just
remembered that I have a Utilities Assembly book that may have
some examples. When I get home I will put it in my car to make
sure I bring it to work tomorrow.

:mike: