Change Serial Number of Your Hard Disk to keep your activation controlled software running

by Aditya on April 29, 2009 · 0 comments

Some softwares are restricted by number of software installations or number of activation. These softwares use the Volume Serial Number to track where and how many times the software has been installed or activated. Volume Serial Number is unique and it changes when you format your hard disk. Some softwares (that are controlled by Volume Serial Number verification) might not work on your PC due to not able to recognise the old volume serial number. If you would like to change your hard disk Volume Serial Number to previous serial number to solve this issue, you can use Hard Disk Serial Number Changer.

Hard Disk Serial Number Changer is freeware and handy to use. This software utility is capable of changing your Hard Disk serial number to your preferred number. Prior to format your hard disk, you must note the volume serial number so that you can change the volume serial number back to your previous one after its formatting.

hard disk serial number changer1 Change Serial Number of Your Hard Disk to keep your activation controlled software running

To get the serial number, just go to command prompt, then type ‘dir’ and press enter, the volume serial number will get listed as shown below:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>dir
Volume in drive C is OSDisk
Volume Serial Number is 12AF-YYZZ

Once you have changed the volume serial number using this utility, you must restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Hard Disk Serial Number Changer works with file systems like FAT, FAT 32 and NTFS. The utility is compatible to run in Windows Vista/XP/ME/2003/2000/98/NT. If you plan to format your hard disk but still wants to maintain its software compatibility, this tool is definitely useful and worth using.

Click here to download Hard Disk Serial Number Changer for free.

About Aditya: Aditya is a 16 year old online entrepreneur living in India. He is the founder and editor of Tech Ravings, a blog sharing latest apps and services from the tech world.Get more from Aditya on Twitter.

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Aditya April 29, 2009 at 12:47 pm

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katharnavas April 29, 2009 at 12:53 pm

RT @anddjournal: Change Serial Number of Your Hard Disk to keep your activation controlled software running – http://tinyurl.com/dhxw4p

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steve holden April 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Great tip. Does anyone know if it works on virtual machines?

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Aditya April 30, 2009 at 12:10 am

@katharnavas thanks for RTing http://tinyurl.com/dhxw4p

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kamal May 17, 2009 at 9:41 pm

thanks

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Aditya May 17, 2009 at 10:25 pm

It is always a pleasure to help other and so I am here. Nice hearing from you.

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Mahesh Kukreja May 20, 2009 at 11:05 am

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