GetDriveSerialNumber - Retrieving the serial number of the specified drive

' Retrieve the serial number of the specified drive
' Note: requires a reference to the System.Management assembly
' Example: MessageBox.Show(GetDriveSerialNumber("D"c))

Function GetDriveSerialNumber(ByVal driveLetter As Char) As String
    Dim driveFilter As String = "Win32_LogicalDisk=""" & driveLetter.ToString & _
        ":"""
    Dim drive As New System.Management.ManagementObject(driveFilter)
    Return drive("VolumeSerialNumber")
End Function