Getting the disk signature as negative - windows

Question

import wmi
wmi_connector = wmi.WMI()
def get_win_drive_mappings_locally(drivemappings):
for physical_disk in wmi_connector.Win32_DiskDrive():
for partition in physical_disk.associators("Win32_DiskDriveToDiskPartition"):
for logical_disk in partition.associators("Win32_LogicalDiskToPartition"):
print (physical_disk.Signature)
I am using wmi to get information of disks and signature.
when i print the instance of physical_disk the output is as below:
instance of Win32_DiskDrive
{
BytesPerSector = 512;
Capabilities = {3, 4};
CapabilityDescriptions = {"Random Access", "Supports Writing"};
Caption = "XXXXX SCSI Disk Device";
ConfigManagerErrorCode = 0;
ConfigManagerUserConfig = FALSE;
CreationClassName = "Win32_DiskDrive";
Description = "Disk drive";
DeviceID = "\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE1";
FirmwareRevision = "0 ";
Index = 1;
InterfaceType = "SCSI";
Manufacturer = "(Standard disk drives)";
MediaLoaded = TRUE;
MediaType = "Fixed hard disk media";
Model = "XXXX SCSI Disk Device";
Name = "\\\\.\\PHYSICALDRIVE1";
Partitions = 1;
PNPDeviceID = "SCSI\\DISK&XXXXX&PROD_K\\4&5393C0A&0&000100";
SCSIBus = 0;
SCSILogicalUnit = 0;
SCSIPort = 2;
SCSITargetId = 1;
SectorsPerTrack = 63;
SerialNumber = "XXXXX";
Signature = **3908409726**;
Size = "107372805120";
Status = "OK";
SystemCreationClassName = "Win32_ComputerSystem";
SystemName = "SQLSERVER";
TotalCylinders = "13054";
TotalHeads = 255;
TotalSectors = "209712510";
TotalTracks = "3328770";
TracksPerCylinder = 255;
};
But when i print physical_disk.Signature the output is:
-386557570, i am not able to understand where its going wrong,expected output is 3908409726

Answer 1

-386557570 is indeed 3908409726 interpreted as a 32 bit signed integer (in 2's complement arithmetic); probably the Python WMI connector interprets all 32 bit values as signed.
To interpret it as an unsigned value, check if it's negative, and in that case add 1<<32.
def as_uint32(v):
if v<0:
return v + (1<<32)
return v
# ...
print (as_uint32(physical_disk.Signature))