How to find Hard Disk Serial

Hi, I have a program written using AIR for a client, and I dont want him to make millions of copies of my software, I would like to know exactly how many copies of my software he is using, so I figure, thats easy I will bound the software to the hardware, the hard disk serial.  Than one problem surfaced, how the heck do I find the hard disk serial using AS3?
Or is there a easier way for me to keep track of the software? the clients will install the software on machines that do not have internet access.  And the amount of software is not a big number, maybe 50 copies/machines per month.
Thanks in advance.

Is it installed on an other system? If so you can see the serial number in the About Aperture window.
If not ant you wiped your disk and Aperture is no longer installed there is no way to find the serial number apart from the hard copy you had when you bought it. 
See Pro Application Replacement Serial Numbers and give Apple a call. They are pretty good at working with you to try and recover the serial number.

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