mblazer78 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 So, I have an issue with having lots of hard drives and not being able to tell which one is which. For example, I have 12 hard drives, many are the same make and model and size. I am unable to tell which one is which looking at AIDA64 storage reports. The only uniquely identifying attribute as far as I can tell is the serial number found in the ATA report. However, this report does not tell me which logical drive this serial number is attached to. Is there a way we can add a column on the logical drive report that has the physical hard drive serial number? Or a column on the physical drive report that includes the serial number and the logical volume letter? Or maybe a new report that has the combined column fields so that the physical and logical attributes are together on one page so that the drives can be easily identified? I attached a screenshot of what I mean. Drive 1, 2, and 3 are the same, can't tell which one is which as far as which one is drive F: and which one is drive G:, etc. Samething for drives 11 and 12, 4 and 5, and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblazer78 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 Forgot to mention that this also makes matching the sensor with the drive letter impossible for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 We've already tried to find a suitable Windows API call to match up logical drive letters with physical (like SATA, SAS or SCSI) drives, but haven't been able to find a perfect one yet. What we've found was not 100% reliable, and sometimes led to matching up the wrong drive with a particular drive letter We'll keep searching for the best solution, although the storage part of Windows API is overly complicated, and full of legacy calls mixed with modern features. Quite easy to get lost in there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblazer78 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Please don't forget about this issue, I can't be the only one that finds this frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mblazer78 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Does anyone know if Windows 10 will enable AIDA64 to solve this problem of associating logical and physical hard drives in a reliable way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Does anyone know if Windows 10 will enable AIDA64 to solve this problem of associating logical and physical hard drives in a reliable way? AFAIK Windows 10 will not revamp the storage subsystem, so no, I don't think it would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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