Serial number identification

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Started ‎06-09-2011 by

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Question

How to find the serial number of a machine?

There are several ways!

1. Find the label:

2. Read it from BIOS:

Press F1 when you see the Lenovo/ThinkPad logo during start to enter BIOS.

3. Use The ThinkVantage Toolbox:

Start>Control Panel>Lenovo's System Healh and Diagnostics. If it is not installed, get it from here:

4. Get it from the command line:

Open a Command Prompt (filename: CMD.EXE) and issue either of the following commands:

c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe bios get serialnumber

c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmic.exe csproduct get identifyingnumber

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