# Scanning Serials to Excel

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [June 22, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757 "2011-06-22T09:30:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757/1 "2011-06-22T09:30:12Z")

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I want to be able to scan serial off of hard drives and record them in an excel sheet. Has anyone done this before?

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757/2 "2011-06-22T10:35:31Z")

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Yes. Get a USB barcode scanner for \<$60. It shows up on you computer as an input device. Open excel and the barcode you can will be entered where the cursor is like it was being typed on a keyboard.

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757/3 "2011-06-22T11:48:26Z")

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any phone apps that will scan and store? My boss would most likely buy them, but I’d rather not get it for something so minimal.

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757/4 "2011-06-22T12:02:56Z")

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most just scan and submit to a search for the product.

try this: [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zbar-barcode-reader/id344957305?mt=8](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zbar-barcode-reader/id344957305?mt=8)

it wouldn’t be hard to do. there is an sdk to read barcodes so you simply could photograph all the barcodes and then parse them on your pc for the serials.

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757/5 "2011-06-22T12:04:04Z")

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Are you volunteering…I’ll pay you…but not really.

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**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scanning-serials-to-excel/213757/6 "2011-06-22T12:14:27Z")

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Haha maybe this weekend if its shitty out I will mess with it.