// BackupDiskDriveListToJson.cs // // Snapshots Physical Disk Drives (Win32_DiskDrive) to a timestamped JSON file. // // Requires the System.Management package: // dotnet new console -o BackupDiskDrive // dotnet add package System.Management // (replace the generated Program.cs with this file, then dotnet run) using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Management; using System.Text.Json; var searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT Model, Size, InterfaceType, Status FROM Win32_DiskDrive"); var results = new List>(); foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get()) { var row = new Dictionary(); row["Model"] = item["Model"]; row["Size"] = item["Size"]; row["InterfaceType"] = item["InterfaceType"]; row["Status"] = item["Status"]; results.Add(row); } string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss"); string outPath = $"diskdrive-snapshot_{timestamp}.json"; File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true })); Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of Physical Disk Drives ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");