Re: Detecting the life of a USB flash drive?
"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]>
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On 6/1/2026 7:30 am, Paul wrote: > On Mon, 1/5/2026 10:05 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > >> Say I placed a brand new USB drive at home. Someone sneaked into my home and replaced it with an old one. Can I detect this? :) >> > > Drive serial number ? > > wmic diskdrive get serialnumber > > Probably easiest to check a hard drive label, > to see if the printout matches any field > on the drive label. That only tells the serial number, but not the date it's manufactured. Old and new are just dates. ;) -- @~@ Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! / v \ May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!! /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/ ^ ^ https://github.com/changmw/changmw