Vista - installing vista

i have a system that has vista oem on the hard drive.
(recovery dvd is on the hard drive.)

can i get the retail version from the internet as a backup install and use
the key with that, or do i have to use the oem dvd as the backup.

Some OEM versions of Windows Vista are usually hard coded to the system they
are distributed with, which means, they use a specific type of key and
require activation by the OEM. Your computers document should provide
instructions on how to create a Recovery disk or a built in application that
automatically does the process.

If none of those are available its best you contact the OEM about obtaining
media which usually just cost shipping and handling.
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Andre
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My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
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