Hard Disk Serial Number Changer Magebot Keys
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A hard disk will be assigned with a new disk serial number whenever you format a hard drive. This serial number is used by software programs installed on the computer to identify the disk driver and prevent multiple activations of the same software on other computers.
However, the serial number is created during the format. That means you have to reformat the hard drive to change its serial number. And formatting will delete everything on the disk. Then, you can use "Hard Disk Serial Number Changer", a program that allows you to change the hard disk serial number without reformatting it.
To solve this problem, you need to ensure that you have launched this program as an administrator. Besides, some users also reported the following two disadvantages of Hard Disk Serial Number Changer:
This software is more compatible than Hard Disk Serial Number, and it supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 11/10/8/7 and Windows XP/Vista. More importantly, it can change FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT volume serial number without reformatting the hard drive again.
The Volume Serial Number (also known as VSN) is a unique serial number that is assigned to an optical disk (CD or DVD) or a hard drive after formatting. The Volume Serial Number was added by Microsoft and IBM so that the operating system could recognize if an optical disk or a drive is changed on the system. By that time the only way to determine this, was the volume label (Volume Name) that the user defined to each storage disk. But that way, there was a problem if a user gave the same (Volume) name to two (or more) disks. To bypass this problem, Microsoft and IBM decided to assign a new unique number in hexadecimal form (called 'Volume Serial Number' or 'Volume ID' or 'VSN') when a drive (optical disk or hard drive) was formatted.
In simple words, the Volume Serial Number indicates the exact time Date, Month, Year & Time (Hour, Minute & Second) of format operation. The VSN is changed anytime you format the disk, so if you re-install Windows and you format the system disk, Windows will ask again for activation.
Taking advantage of VSN, some software vendors use the Volume Serial Number to avoid pirate copying of their products. This means that software from these vendors can not run if the Volume Serial Number is different from the VSN of the product's original optical disk that was shipped or of the hard drive that the software was first installed. Also this technique was previously used by multiplayer game vendors to ban the gamers that tried to cheat. Nowadays, this method is useless because the game or software vendors now use the hardcoded serial number (HDD Manufacture's S/N that is embedded into the firmware) to identify (ban) cheaters or they ban the CD key.
The second free tool you can use to change the Volume Serial Number is called Hard Disk Serial Number Changer. The program can change only the HDD's Volume Serial Number and not the Hardcoded Serial Number.
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In windows 10 (Oct 2018) I get "The parameter is incorrect" when trying to change the VolumeID of the C: drive using the SysInternals volumeid.exe. Also the Hard Disk Serial Number Changer fails with the error "Unable to write to this disk in drive". Any ideas how I can change the volumeID?
Just for info, I have tried this with Windows10 VM running under Fusion on Mac OS, ands also with Win10 installed on a BOOTCAMP partition on Mac also. No joy with either. Windows is installed under EFI setup, so GPT volume. Not sure if this is the cause?
Oh this is incredibly kind guide I have ever found today. Thank you so much.
But unfortunately, this doesn't work for the number of the Sandisk I have.. I think it is the product issue.. because the micro SD which is from Samsung works fine with both ways(volumeID and Hard Disk Serial Number Changer).
@Patrick
VolumeID doesn't have any prompt of it's own in the way that tools like diskpart does, all the input to the command must be given along with the tool name on the command line, as the usage: help indicates, so for example you could type:
volumeid e: a1b2-c3d4
nb. generally please ensure volume ids are indeed unique, otherwise you can expect issues.
It would be better to point out that the volume serial number is a general identifyer for all volumes, not only for a disk and that what you are talking about here, is only the volume serial number of the first volume (partition) of a disk.
Thank you for listing the recent addition to diskpart. I use the tool as part of my job and had never played with that feature. Unfortunately I think that is a different ID than what people here are talking about. If you type 'vol c:' at a command prompt you will see a Serial number that is unrelated to the uniqueid. One of the giveaways is that each partition has an ID, but uniqueid only deals with a disk (that may contain several partitions). I believe the number being discussed here lives in the VBR.
I found a more reliable solution. It works with Windows 7 & 8 (and probably 10). It uses a command that comes with Windows, and therefore does not require downloading anything. As you will see, though, there are more steps involved, but it worked for me when volumeid did not.
1) Open a command prompt as administrator.
2) Type "diskpart" (without the quotes)
3) Microsoft DiskPart will start. When it is ready, it will issue a "DISKPART>" prompt, allowing you to enter your commands.
4) Type "list disk"
This will list all the disks that are currently mounted (connected to the system).
The disk will not have the usual names and labels that you're accustomed to from
the Windows Explorer interface, so you will have to recognize them by their sizes.
Note that "list disk" actually lists the physical disks, and not the partitions that
you may have assigned drive letters. This means that if you have 2 physical disks,
with 3 partitions on each, so that you have drives C:, D:, E:, F:, G: and H:,
"list disk" will only show "Disk 0" and "Disk 1".
5) Type "select disk x" (without the quotes) where x is the number of the disk from your "list disk" display.
6) When you type (say) "select disk 1", DiskPart will respond by telling you "Disk 1 is now the selected disk".
7) Type "uniqueid disk". DiskPart will respond with the disk's signature, a series of hexadecimal digits
8) Type "uniqueid disk ID=[NEW SIGNATURE]" where "[NEW SIGNATURE]" stands for the new identifier you want for the disk
9) Quit DiskPart by typing "exit".
10) Type "exit" again to quit the Administrator Command Prompt.
hello sir,
My name is saurabh gaur and i face the problem when i changed my serial number i got a message that is volumeid is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Please tell me what can i do for change my serial number.
please send me the solution ASAP!
Thanking you.
A hard disk is assigned a serial number when you format a new hard drive with Windows. This serial number is also used by various software programs installed in the machine to identify the hard drive and prevent multiple installations of the same program on different machines. For this reason, the serial-number is assigned to each hard disk based on its size, serial-numbers, and model. By resetting or changing the hard disk serial numbers, you can avoid these software conflicts. But changing the serial numbers requires knowledge of the Windows system.
For those who are not experts in the field of Windows, a simple solution is to use Windows based software that does the job of altering the hard disk serial numbers. These programs are available for download from the Internet. You will only need to pay a nominal one-time fee, after which you can alter the serial numbers of your hard disks according to your convenience. The program has a user-friendly interface and a Windows interface.
Performing a disk-resetting procedure involves the unplugging and inserting of a device, such as a USB or a secondary drive. You also have to enter into the boot menu the drive that is to be activated and drive information. Once Windows is loaded up, it reads the partitions specified by the disk-resetting device. Once Windows finds all the necessary drive partitions, it creates a set of bootblocks, one for each drive, on the targeted hard drive. The bootblocks save the boot configuration information for your operating system to load up automatically upon installation of Windows.
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