After obtaining access to the HDD's files through a live boot CD, go to C:\windows\system32 and search for a file called "ntoskrnl.exe". Ater this, right click on it and head to properties. Read the information and heed the details for the product version:
4.x: NT 4.x
5.0: Windows 2000
5.1: Windows XP
5.2: Windows 2003 Server or Windows XP-64-bit
6.0: Windows Vista
6.1: Windows 7
6.2; Windows 8
6.3: Windows 8.1
You can just as well open the file license.rtf in system32 and chek which version of windows you have installed on the computer. The file is in rich text format so it may be necessary to copy it to open it in a functional computer to read its contents.
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