Up front: I am a newbie here and have recently started to use HWiNFO. It definitely is a wonderful program!!
I'd like to make a suggestion and a not for a minor improvement.
For some reason I need the hardware-id's of USB-drives. Sofar, for this purpose I hv been using a standalone .exe named 'SaveHwids.exe',
which is getting me a .txt files with id's.
When searching for the hw-id in the HWiNFO report, I could not find it. Only after searching for partial strings I found something.
Example:
My Sandisk USB-drive : SaveHWids.exe reports: USB\VID_0781&PID_540E\0000168307708895
HwInfo reports this device as:
Serial Number: 0000168307708895
Hardware ID: USB\VID_0781&PID_540E
An external USB-drive:
SaveHWids.exe says: USB\VID_1058&PID_1001\574341553432373938333639
HWiNfo:
Serial Number: 574341553432373938333639
Hardware ID: USB\VID_1058&PID_1001
Note - I need the entire string (excl USB), so: VID_1058&PID_1001\574341553432373938333639
The actual serial# of the USB-drive is in fact different and starts with WCAU-####### - meaning to say that the serial# as per HWiNFO report
may be confusing.
Seems that, contrary to the fixed drives, for USB-drives the actual s/nbr is not pulled in (?)
Checked another utility (with all due respect and no offence meant to HWiNFO!) and it got me flwg info about this external WD USB drive.
Size 1000.2GB
FirmwareVersion 01.01A01
SerialNumber WD-WCAU.......... (nbr I deleted)
Interface USB(SerialATA)
Standard ATA8-ACS|----
AdvancedFormatSupported N/A
TransferMode(Current/Max) SATA-300/SATA-300
Features S.M.A.R.T.,48bitLBA,NCQ,AAM
Temperature 28C(82F)
DriveLetter(s) O:
ControllerBufferSizeonDrive 8192KB
QueueDepth 32
EnclosureDevice WD10EAVSExternalUSBDevice(VID=1058h,PID=1001h)
Removable No
SMARTSupport Yes
-etc-
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Please allow me to suggest following positively meant(!) improvements for future releases:
a) provide the entire string (USB\VID_1058&PID_1001\574341553432373938333639)
b) actual serial nbr for USB-devices
Good luck with HWiNFO - it is a very good tool !
Thanks for all the work!
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I'd like to make a suggestion and a not for a minor improvement.
For some reason I need the hardware-id's of USB-drives. Sofar, for this purpose I hv been using a standalone .exe named 'SaveHwids.exe',
which is getting me a .txt files with id's.
When searching for the hw-id in the HWiNFO report, I could not find it. Only after searching for partial strings I found something.
Example:
My Sandisk USB-drive : SaveHWids.exe reports: USB\VID_0781&PID_540E\0000168307708895
HwInfo reports this device as:
Serial Number: 0000168307708895
Hardware ID: USB\VID_0781&PID_540E
An external USB-drive:
SaveHWids.exe says: USB\VID_1058&PID_1001\574341553432373938333639
HWiNfo:
Serial Number: 574341553432373938333639
Hardware ID: USB\VID_1058&PID_1001
Note - I need the entire string (excl USB), so: VID_1058&PID_1001\574341553432373938333639
The actual serial# of the USB-drive is in fact different and starts with WCAU-####### - meaning to say that the serial# as per HWiNFO report
may be confusing.
Seems that, contrary to the fixed drives, for USB-drives the actual s/nbr is not pulled in (?)
Checked another utility (with all due respect and no offence meant to HWiNFO!) and it got me flwg info about this external WD USB drive.
Size 1000.2GB
FirmwareVersion 01.01A01
SerialNumber WD-WCAU.......... (nbr I deleted)
Interface USB(SerialATA)
Standard ATA8-ACS|----
AdvancedFormatSupported N/A
TransferMode(Current/Max) SATA-300/SATA-300
Features S.M.A.R.T.,48bitLBA,NCQ,AAM
Temperature 28C(82F)
DriveLetter(s) O:
ControllerBufferSizeonDrive 8192KB
QueueDepth 32
EnclosureDevice WD10EAVSExternalUSBDevice(VID=1058h,PID=1001h)
Removable No
SMARTSupport Yes
-etc-
--
Please allow me to suggest following positively meant(!) improvements for future releases:
a) provide the entire string (USB\VID_1058&PID_1001\574341553432373938333639)
b) actual serial nbr for USB-devices
Good luck with HWiNFO - it is a very good tool !
Thanks for all the work!
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