Question ESD-USB 32GB flash drive

[Muse]

I have an Adata 32GB USB 3.1 flash drive which is labeled ESD-USB in File Explorer. Looking at it, I figure it's bootable and able to install a version of Windows. I figure it's either Win7 or Win10. How do I find out which?

Volume in drive F is ESD-USB
Volume Serial Number is FC24-C24E

Directory of f:\

10/29/2018 03:23 PM 43 autorun.inf
12/03/2018 10:32 PM <DIR> boot
10/29/2018 03:45 PM 408,074 bootmgr
10/29/2018 03:45 PM 1,452,856 bootmgr.efi
12/03/2018 10:32 PM <DIR> efi
10/29/2018 03:23 PM 81,224 setup.exe
12/03/2018 10:32 PM <DIR> x64
12/03/2018 10:50 PM <DIR> x86
10/11/2020 06:01 PM 0 Recovery.txt
5 File(s) 1,942,197 bytes
4 Dir(s) 23,871,127,552 bytes free

 

[Tech Junky]

Click on setup

 

[Muse]

Click on setup

Right in Windows Explorer?

 

[Tech Junky]

Yup. It will launch and tell you which version of Windows.

 

[Muse]

Yup. It will launch and tell you which version of Windows.

Ah, Windows 10 setup started. I just cancelled it. It was provided me by the guy who built a W10 mini-tower for me in 2018. Thanks!

 

[mxnerd]

It's a pain now with just 32GB storage for Win10 installation.

Wipe it and install a Linux distro (I like Linux Mint / LMDE 5)

or install a compact Win10 (e.g. Ghost Spectre ) and only install what you need.

 

[Muse]

I've never used a Linux distro because I use some software that won't run on it. Now, a compact Win10 might be a good idea! Anyway, the machines I use daily have 1TB and secondary SSDs too and 32GB RAM. Things aren't always smooth, no, but lots of RAM at least makes browsing snappy, seemingly no matter how many tabs I have open.

 

[Tech Junky]

@mxnerd it's just a flash drive he found not the OS drive running the system.

 

[mxnerd]

@mxnerd it's just a flash drive he found not the OS drive running the system.

Oops.

 

[Muse]

@mxnerd it's just a flash drive he found not the OS drive running the system.

Yes, I found it in a drawer of my desk. It was provided in case I needed to reinstall Windows 10 on the system.