// BackupBIOSListToJson.cs // // Snapshots BIOS Info (Win32_BIOS) to a timestamped JSON file. // // Requires the System.Management package: // dotnet new console -o BackupBIOS // 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 Manufacturer, SMBIOSBIOSVersion, SerialNumber, ReleaseDate FROM Win32_BIOS"); var results = new List>(); foreach (ManagementObject item in searcher.Get()) { var row = new Dictionary(); row["Manufacturer"] = item["Manufacturer"]; row["SMBIOSBIOSVersion"] = item["SMBIOSBIOSVersion"]; row["SerialNumber"] = item["SerialNumber"]; row["ReleaseDate"] = item["ReleaseDate"]; results.Add(row); } string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd-HHmmss"); string outPath = $"bios-snapshot_{timestamp}.json"; File.WriteAllText(outPath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(results, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true })); Console.WriteLine($"Snapshot of BIOS Info ({results.Count} items) saved to {outPath}");