Harddrive or Motherboard Serial number

[Abubakar]

I have been trying to write a code that will enable me get
the serial number of the motherboard or harddrive on a
given system but no luck so far. Can any one out there
help me.

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Add a reference to system.management.dll.

Dim moReturn As Management.ManagementObjectCollection

Dim moSearch As Management.ManagementObjectSearcher

Dim mo As Management.ManagementObject

moSearch = New Management.ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from
Win32_LogicalDisk'")

moReturn = moSearch.Get

For Each mo In moReturn

Dim VolumeName As String = mo("Volumename")

Dim SerialNumber As String = mo("Volumeserialnumber")

Dim strOut As String = String.Format("{0} - {1}", VolumeName, SerialNumber)

Debug.WriteLine(strOut)

Next

moSearch = New Management.ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from
Win32_Processor")

moReturn = moSearch.Get

For Each mo In moReturn

Debug.WriteLine(mo("ProcessorID"))

Next

Ken

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I have been trying to write a code that will enable me get
the serial number of the motherboard or harddrive on a
given system but no luck so far. Can any one out there
help me.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Abubakar" <xv************@yahoo.co.uk> scripsit:

I have been trying to write a code that will enable me get
the serial number of the motherboard or harddrive on a
given system but no luck so far. Can any one out there
help me.

Harddisk volume number:

Add a reference to "System.Management.dll", then import the namespace
'System.Management' and use this code to get info about the volume
(including the serial number):

\\\
Dim disk As New ManagementObject( _
"Win32_LogicalDisk.DeviceID=""C:""" _
)
Dim diskProperty As PropertyData
For Each diskProperty In disk.Properties
Console.WriteLine( _
"{0} = {1}", _
diskProperty.Name, _
diskProperty.Value _
)
Next diskProperty
///

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Addendum:

If you want to use WMI, have a look at the classes 'Win32_DiskDrive' and
'Win32_BaseBoard'.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>