C# - Getting the list or number of physical drives(not logical drives)

Question

I implemented the program to read and analyze physical disk bit-by-bit by accessing the path "\\.\PhysicalDrive0".

I want users to select the physical disk among the list of physical disks.

I know that I could read another physical disk if I change the last number of the path, but I do not know how to get the physical disk list or the number of physical disks.

How could I get physical disk number lists?

Which function do I have to use?

Answer 1

Use WMI, for example:

using System.Management;

List<String> result;
var query = new WqlObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive");
using (var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(query))
{
    result = searcher.Get()
                     .OfType<ManagementObject>()
                     .Select(o => o.Properties["DeviceID"].Value.ToString())
                     .ToList();
}

This gives you a list of device IDs of physical drives in the system.