Is it possible at all to obtain WMI information (within C#.NET) from an external source such as a hard drive with a Windows installation on?
I ask this because I'm making an automated diagnostic utility for A-Level Computing, and there are often times when the remote machine may not boot, so a host machine needs to connect somehow to the faulty machine to exchange information.
If this isn't possible, do you know any way in which I can achieve this effect (e.g. by booting into a minimal operating system such as Hiren's Boot and running the .NET application)
No you can't, to access the WMI the Windows OS and the WMI Service must be running in the remote machine.