Accessing of Hard DIsk Serial Number

Dear Readers,
I develop Client Server Applications. I would like to know how we can access the hard disk from an application so that I get the Serial Number of the Hard Disk, the Floppy Disk number, CD Rom Drive Number and Network Card Number.
Please suggest.
Yours Truly,
Sarwottam

Hi!
There is now way to use 100% Java to access such things as Network Card Number etc. If you are willing to make sacrifice the platform independance, just Java Native Interface (JNI). This way you could use some C or C++ library that has access to the hardware. Note that it?s only the server that could access the hardware. . You could connect from the client to a server using a socket for sending and receiving data.
Tip: Get "Essential JNI" by Rob Gordon if you want a book on JNI. It's a little hard to read, but I believe that's the best book on the subject.
Regards
Johan

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