How to reinstall the upgrade of Windows 7 after replacing the hard drive

I have a few problems and decided after many hours of nowhere to replace my hard drive, I am running Win7 installed via an upgrade disk, because it doesn't seem to be a startup disk (I want to run repair to try to recover the missing files / corrupted etc.) what I need to install Vista first and then use the upgrade disk?

There are likely to be problems with activation etc as in the past, that a new hard drive has been regarded as the same license is installed on a different machine?

* original title - hard drive replacement, Q on installation of Windows

Thanks for both answers, but as I could not reinstall Vista due to the lack of drive & key - I put my system together myself have so do not the sticker supplied with the systems, pre-built, I moved twice since the departure of Vista installation, the disk may or may not be somewhere in this House.

My solution was to take the opportunity to upgrade my CPU and add that extra RAM so bought a win7 disc at the same time (which I'll keep somewhere safe). Yes, I've probably lost money by doing it this way, but it's my money to waste.

The end result is that the PC works well which is what matters in the end for me.

Thanks again for the responses.

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