A computer system having a verification system for verifying whether or
not disks are being used in an unauthorized manner comprises a plurality
of computers each capable of being loaded with a disk storing application
programs, and an authentication server capable of being connected with
the computers via a network, wherein each computer has a unique device
ID, each disk has a unique disk ID, and the server has a user database
for accumulating the device ID when using the computer and the disk ID
when using the disk, such that data is accumulated in the user database
in pairs of disk ID and device ID. In the event of using the disk for the
second time or subsequent times, data for the disk ID and data for the
device ID are transmitted from the computer to the host server, thereby
verifying at the host server that the usage is valid.