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From: | "Joerg Mensmann" <joerg DOT mensmann AT gmx DOT de> |
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Subject: | Re: Disk Serial Numbers |
Date: | Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:42:01 +0200 |
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Ben Davis <ben AT vjpoole DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> wrote: > I have noticed that some floppy disks have serial numbers; the serial > number appears when I type 'dir/w'. Can someone confirm that the > serial number of a floppy disk cannot be changed through software The serial number is written to the disk when it is formated. You might want to look at some FAT filesystem-specifications to get the exact position on disk. But you can be absolutely sure that it can be changed by software (no copy-protection this way). bye Joerg
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