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

You can use the:

GetVolumeInformation

Win32 API function to get this information, if you must avoid WMI. The linked page gives full the declaration signature (in both VB & C#) for the API function along with sample code.