How can I find the Harddisk Device Serial Number without using the WMI in .NET?

Question

I want to get the hardwired serial number from the hard disk but NOT using WMI. I tried using WMI code, and it doesn\'t work on my machine for sure. So is there any alternat

Answer 1

A perfectly working solution can be found here:

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/16941/Get-Physical-HDD-Serial-Number-without-WMI

[edit] Sorry, missed that a reference to this has already been submitted.