How can I find the Harddisk Device Serial Number without using the WMI in .NET?
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Solution 1
This should help get started:
How to get Physical HDD serial number without WMI
Regarding your problem with WMI not returning data; Are you sure how to the right privileges to get data from WMI? You can use WMI Tools to check/fix this.
Solution 2
Use the createfile as shown below. It may require administrative permissions.Add 4 text boxes and a button in your code.
private const int CREATE_NEW = 1;
private const int OPEN_EXISTING = 3;
private const uint GENERIC_READ = 0x80000000;
private const uint GENERIC_WRITE = 0x40000000;
// 10000000000000000000000000000000 --- GENERIC_READ
// 01000000000000000000000000000000 --- GENERIC_WRITE
// 00100000000000000000000000000000 --- GENERIC_EXECUTE
// 00010000000000000000000000000000 --- GENERIC_ALL
//Securable objects use an access mask format in which the
//four high-order bits specify generic access rights
private const int FILE_SHARE_READ = 0x1;
private const int FILE_SHARE_WRITE = 0x2;
// 00000000000000000000000000000001 --- FILE_SHARE_READ
// 00000000000000000000000000000010 --- FILE_SHARE_WRITE
// 00000000000000000000000000000100 --- FILE_SHARE_DELETE
private const int VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT = 2;
private const int DFP_RECEIVE_DRIVE_DATA = 0x7C088;
// 0 000000000000111 11 0 00000100010 00
// Common Device Type Required Access Custom Function Code Transfer Type
private const int INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1;
public enum DriveTypes { Fixed, Removable, Unknown };
public string[] DriveStrings = { "Fixed", "Removable", "Unknown" };
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 8)]
private class IDEREGS
{
public byte Features;
public byte SectorCount;
public byte SectorNumber;
public byte CylinderLow;
public byte CylinderHigh;
public byte DriveHead;
public byte Command;
public byte Reserved;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 32)]
private class SENDCMDINPARAMS
{
public int BufferSize;
public IDEREGS DriveRegs;
public byte DriveNumber;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 3)]
public byte[] Reserved;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 4)]
public int[] Reserved2;
public SENDCMDINPARAMS()
{
DriveRegs = new IDEREGS();
Reserved = new byte[3];
Reserved2 = new int[4];
}
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Size = 12)]
private class DRIVERSTATUS
{
public byte DriveError;
public byte IDEStatus;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 2)]
public byte[] Reserved;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 2)]
public int[] Reserved2;
public DRIVERSTATUS()
{
Reserved = new byte[2];
Reserved2 = new int[2];
}
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private class IDSECTOR
{
public short GenConfig;
public short NumberCylinders;
public short Reserved;
public short NumberHeads;
public short BytesPerTrack;
public short BytesPerSector;
public short SectorsPerTrack;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 3)]
public short[] VendorUnique;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 20)]
public char[] SerialNumber;
public short BufferClass;
public short BufferSize;
public short ECCSize;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 8)]
public char[] FirmwareRevision;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 40)]
public char[] ModelNumber;
public short MoreVendorUnique;
public short DoubleWordIO;
public short Capabilities;
public short Reserved1;
public short PIOTiming;
public short DMATiming;
public short BS;
public short NumberCurrentCyls;
public short NumberCurrentHeads;
public short NumberCurrentSectorsPerTrack;
public int CurrentSectorCapacity;
public short MultipleSectorCapacity;
public short MultipleSectorStuff;
public int TotalAddressableSectors;
public short SingleWordDMA;
public short MultiWordDMA;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 382)]
public byte[] Reserved2;
public IDSECTOR()
{
VendorUnique = new short[3];
Reserved2 = new byte[382];
FirmwareRevision = new char[8];
SerialNumber = new char[20];
ModelNumber = new char[40];
}
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private class SENDCMDOUTPARAMS
{
public int BufferSize;
public DRIVERSTATUS Status;
public IDSECTOR IDS;
public SENDCMDOUTPARAMS()
{
Status = new DRIVERSTATUS();
IDS = new IDSECTOR();
}
}
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
private static extern int CloseHandle(int hObject);
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
private static extern int CreateFile(
string lpFileName,
uint dwDesiredAccess,
int dwShareMode,
int lpSecurityAttributes,
int dwCreationDisposition,
int dwFlagsAndAttributes,
int hTemplateFile
);
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
private static extern int DeviceIoControl(
int hDevice,
int dwIoControlCode,
[In(), Out()] SENDCMDINPARAMS lpInBuffer,
int lpInBufferSize,
[In(), Out()] SENDCMDOUTPARAMS lpOutBuffer,
int lpOutBufferSize,
ref int lpBytesReturned,
int lpOverlapped
);
private string SwapChars(char[] chars)
{
for (int i = 0; i <= chars.Length - 2; i += 2)
{
char t;
t = chars[i];
chars[i] = chars[i + 1];
chars[i + 1] = t;
}
string s = new string(chars);
return s;
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string serialNumber = " ", model = " ", firmware = " ";
bool result;
DriveTypes driveType = DriveTypes.Unknown;
int handle, returnSize = 0;
int driveNumber = 0;
SENDCMDINPARAMS sci = new SENDCMDINPARAMS();
SENDCMDOUTPARAMS sco = new SENDCMDOUTPARAMS();
if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform == PlatformID.Win32NT)
// \\.\PhysicalDrive0 Opens the first physical drive.
// \\.\PhysicalDrive2 Opens the third physical drive.
// see more info on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx
handle = CreateFile("\\\\.\\PhysicalDrive" + "0", GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
else // for win'9x
handle = CreateFile("\\\\.\\Smartvsd", 0, 0, 0, CREATE_NEW, 0, 0);
if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
sci.DriveNumber = (byte)driveNumber;
sci.BufferSize = Marshal.SizeOf(sco);
sci.DriveRegs.DriveHead = (byte)(0xA0 | driveNumber << 4);
sci.DriveRegs.Command = 0xEC;
sci.DriveRegs.SectorCount = 1;
sci.DriveRegs.SectorNumber = 1;
if (DeviceIoControl(handle, DFP_RECEIVE_DRIVE_DATA, sci, Marshal.SizeOf(sci), sco, Marshal.SizeOf(sco), ref returnSize, 0) != 0)
{
serialNumber = SwapChars(sco.IDS.SerialNumber);
model = SwapChars(sco.IDS.ModelNumber);
firmware = SwapChars(sco.IDS.FirmwareRevision);
}
textBox1.Text = serialNumber;
textBox2.Text = model;
textBox3.Text = firmware;
if ((sco.IDS.GenConfig & 0x80) == 0x40)
driveType = DriveTypes.Removable;
else if ((sco.IDS.GenConfig & 0x40) == 0x40)
driveType = DriveTypes.Fixed;
else
driveType = DriveTypes.Unknown;
CloseHandle(handle);
textBox4.Text = DriveStrings[(int)driveType];
}
}
Solution 3
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.
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Updated on June 04, 2022Comments
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Jey Geethan almost 2 years
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 alternative in .NET for finding the Serial Number of a physical hard disk?