How to Find Serial Number of Hard Drive in Windows


Sometimes abbreviated as Serial No., SN or S/N, a serial number is a unique number assigned to the PC by the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) used for identification and inventory purposes. A serial number allows the manufacturer to identify a product and get additional information about it, for replacement, or as a means of finding compatible parts.

This tutorial will show you how to find the manufacturer serial number of hard drives (HHD and SSD) in Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10.

Contents

• Option One: To Find Serial Number of Hard Drive on Manufacturing Label
• Option Two: To Find Serial Number of Hard Drives in Command Prompt
• Option Three: To Find Serial Number of Hard Drives in PowerShell

OPTION ONE

To Find Serial Number of Hard Drive on Manufacturing Label

Each hard drive manufacturer's label will vary slightly, so you may need to check their support site for specific details on how to find the serial number on their label.

1 Look for the serial number on the label on top of the physical hard drive. (see screenshot below)

OPTION TWO

To Find Serial Number of Hard Drives in Command Prompt

1 Open a command prompt.

2 Copy and paste the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

wmic diskdrive get model,name,serialnumber

3 You will now see the model, name, and serial number listed for your hard drives.

The Name will give your the physical drive number that is the same disk number in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to help ID the drives.

OPTION THREE

To Find Serial Number of Hard Drives in PowerShell

1 Open PowerShell.

2 Copy and paste the command below into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

Get-WMIObject win32_physicalmedia | Format-List Tag,SerialNumber

3 You will now see the tag (name) and serial number listed for your hard drives.

The Tag will give your the physical drive number that is the same disk number in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc) to help ID the drives.

That's it,
Shawn

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