Hi,
Yes, but the retail disk may not contain needed proprietary drivers for the
Dell system. You would be better off getting Dell's OEM disk that is
designed specifically for their machines.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
"Thomas Jones" <tajones50@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> If I choose not to wait for the OEM upgrade disk for Vista from Dell, can
> I purchase a retail "full" version (not upgrade version) of Vista and do a
> "clean install" on my new dell latitude D820?
>