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