Get HDD (and NOT Volume) Serial Number on Vista Ultimate 64 bit

Question

I was once looking for getting the HDD serial number without using WMI, and I found it. The code I found and posted on StackOverFlow.com works very well on 32 bit Windows, b

Answer 1

Modified from the code here:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Management;
using System.Text;

namespace Console_DiskDrive
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            String query = "SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive";

            foreach (ManagementObject item in new ManagementObjectSearcher(query).Get())
            {
                string serialNumber = Convert.ToString(item["SerialNumber"]);

                Console.WriteLine(serialNumber);
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

On my system running Vista Home Premium x64, gives me a 40-character hex string that I'm assuming is my serial number. I'll open up the box and confirm later, but give that a try and see if it's what you're looking for.