title: Getting the Physical Device Object name of a disk device
body: <p>I need to retrieve the "Physical Device Object name" of a disk device from a user mode application on Windows, as seen in Device Manager.</p>
  
  <p>I have a solution now that involves a kernel driver that gets loaded and interrogated through IOCTLs. Once in kernel land, I have no trouble getting to that name. If possible, I would like to avoid using a kernel module.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?  </p>