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Is there a manufacturer unique identifier on a hard drive and how do I read that identifier?

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I understand the concept of a file system UUID. Is there a manufacturer unique identifier on a hard drive, apart from the file system UUID, and how do I read that identifier?

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answered 1 Year ago ateact · Accepted Answer

If you open the Disk Utility application (default in Ubuntu) you get all the information regarding the disks in your computer.

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Edit: command line output:

xxx@xxx$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda | grep Model

 Model=SAMSUNG HD753LJ, FwRev=1AA01113, SerialNo=S13UJDWQ907130