Can I get BIOS UUID and HDD serial number?

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(imported topic written by wazty200291)

Hi,

I know Bigfix can get many computer informations through WMI, can it get BIOS UUID and HDD serial number? If it is possible, how to do?

Thanks!

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

This worked on one of my computers for HDD serial number… you can try on yours:

string values of selects “SerialNumber from win32_diskdrive” of wmi

I didn’t see a BIOS UUID on my system… if you run in QnA:

q: selects “* from Win32_BIOS” of wmi

on some of your computers, does it show a UUID?

Ben

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(imported comment written by wazty200291)

Thanks Ben, selects “* from Win32_BIOS” of wmi cannot list the UUID of computer, and I cannot get HDD serial number, please see the answer below:

Q: string values of selects “SerialNumber from win32_diskdrive” of wmi

E: The expression could not be evaluated: Windows Error: unknown error 0x80041017

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

I looked around the Internet a bit and found this:

UUID:

string values of selects “UUID from Win32_ComputerSystemProduct” of wmi

HD Serial Number? (here is another one I found that only seemed to work on some of my computers):

string values of selects “SerialNumber from Win32_PhysicalMedia” of wmi

Ben

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(imported comment written by wazty200291)

It works, thank you Ben.

But I find that there are many spaces at the head of the HDD serial number, how can I eliminate these spaces?

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Hey wazty,

Glad it works… if there are only preceding spaces (and not trailing spaces), then try this:

(if exists substring " " of it then (following text of last " " of it) else it) of string values of selects “SerialNumber from Win32_PhysicalMedia” of wmi

Ben

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(imported comment written by wazty200291)

It works fine, thank you very much.