>>>volume serial number is stored on HDD volume and the only way to change it is too format it.
>>
>>It can be changed w/o reformatting. See
http://www.codeproject.com/system/change_drive_sn.asp, for example.
>
>hmm, interesting... but pretty useless in real life except for trying to cheat some protection systems ;)
Exactly. :)
--sb--