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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

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