not getting hard drive serial number

Question

i have tried using the code searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(SELECT * FROM Win32_PhysicalMedia); int i = 0; foreach (ManagementObject wmi_HD in searcher.Get()) { // get the hard drive from collection // using index HardDrive hd = (HardDrive)hdCollection[i]; // get the hardware serial no. if (wmi_HD[SerialNumber] == null) hd.SerialNo = None; else hd.SerialNo = wmi_HD[SerialNumber].ToString(); ++i; } but this is not working for windows 8 and higher versions..

Apurba Ranjan · Answer

Hi Minnu I have tried it now and did a little modifications and it works fine Follow this link. It May help you http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/how-to-get-the-serial-number-of-hard-drive-by-c-sharp.aspx using System.Management; using System.IO; using System.Collections; ArrayList hardDriveDetails = new ArrayList(); ManagementObjectSearcher moSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher( SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive ); foreach (ManagementObject wmi_HD in moSearcher .Get()) { HardDrive hd = new HardDrive(); // User Defined Class hd.Model = wmi_HD[ Model ].ToString(); //Model Number hd.Type = wmi_HD[ InterfaceType ].ToString(); //Interface Type hd.SerialNo= wmi_HD[ SerialNumber ].ToString(); Serial Number hardDriveDetails.Add(hd); label1.Text =Model : + hd.Model ; label2.Text =  Type :  + hd.Type; label3.Text =  Serial Number :  + hd.SerialNo; } HardDrive Class class HardDrive { private string model = null ; private string type = null ; private string serialNo = null ; public string Model { get { return model; } set { model = value; } } public string Type { get { return type; } set { type = value; } } public string SerialNo { get { return serialNo; } set { serialNo = value; } } }

Suthish Nair · Answer

Are you getting any error or the object just not returning anything? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37740569/unable-to-get-system-hard-drive-serialnumber-using-win32-diskdrive http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4084402/get-hard-disk-serial-number