I have a vhd disk image of a Windows Server which I have managed to mount on my mac using Parallels.
The mounted vhd file contains the c: drive of the windows server.
I'm fairly sure that it was running Windows Server 2008. However I need to confirm this. And I also need to confirm which service pack was installed.
Does anyone know of a way of doing this just by examining the files on the file system.
Cheers
Best Answer
I don't believe the OS version is stored anywhere in the file system, this information is stored in the Windows Registry. ('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' to be exact)
You could however take a look at some of the system files on the file system. Use \Windows\Explorer.exe file information perhaps? The first 3 octets of the File version property represent the Windows version aswell as the Windows build number.