FirmWare Number Of HDD ?

[zL0rd]

hi all , i just wanna ask ya , does any1 have an idea how -to get the firmware number of the harddisk , coz all i could get in setup factory 7 is the Volume ID ? so i wanna make a protection that is based on the Real Firmaware Number ....
Thanks a Lot Guys bye

[pww]

I don't think this is possible with the available actions. This info is not available in the registry.
I've seen some examples of how to do this using WMI , so you can probably do it with a .vbs file or an external exe/dll included in your installer.
But even with WMI, I think it's not possible to get this info for all drives (like SATA)

[zL0rd]

hi man thanks for ur suggestion at z first , now second i am asking whether i can make setup factory compare the hdd manufcturer serial with an integer i give it , as for vb , i have a little program that extractes the HDD Firmaware number ... thanks a lot

ps: do u know whether the hdd firmware number is stored in a reg file or sys file or somewhere ?

[pww]

whether i can make setup factory compare the hdd manufcturer serial with an integer i give it , as for vb , i have a little program that extractes the HDD Firmaware number ... thanks a lot

to compare it with something, SF must be able to read it first, which it can't do with the available actions.
So you should first run a .vbs or another file from SF, read the result it returns, and then compare.
Normally the HDD serial is a string, not integer.

IMO it is much better to put any protection mechanisms into the application itself, not in the installer. When protection is in the installer, a legitimate user may install the application, and then repack and distribute it with the protection removed (without the installer)

ps: do u know whether the hdd firmware number is stored in a reg file or sys file or somewhere ?

looks like it's not stored in a file or registry.

[zL0rd]

well 1st 10x for ur reply n ur time , now as for the protection method i guess ur right that an advanced user can repack the program ,n i am trying to figure out a way to stop that like inserting an error file or a file that cannot be copied from one location to another , but i intented to make he software a portable one on a protected cd that runs without install if necessary ....
so if u have any suggestions that can help me i would be thankfull man

now as for the serial number stored in a registry file or some file , i guess it it some how else how can a vb application extract it @ z end it works in z systems environment got my point ?
so if u have any code that i can add to my setup file that imports a vb file i would plz know how to ...
again 10x 4 ur time byez