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From: J_SCHULL@acc.haverford.edu (Jonathan Schull)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: detecting hard drive serial numbers
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Date: 20 Nov 90 02:36:10 GMT
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Richard Ward indicates that hard drive serial numbers are written...



>> in the boot block.  Read sector 0.  The serial number is a long

>> integer at offset $27.



Thanks!



Now, can someone tell me how to read an absolute address on a hard drive?

Better yet, how exactly to read that one in Turbo Pascal.



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