How to reinstall windows when the winows dvd is lost in windows vista and the hard drive is broken

one of my system is windows vista Professional (OEM version), and the windows dvd is lost. In case of hard drive failure how can I reintall the operating system on my computer (of course after the replacement by a new hard drive).

Hello

"and the windows dvd is lost."

I thought that you had lost the DVD.

You can reinstall with the recovery DVDs provided with this computer on a replacement for her hard drive.

If you have problems with this relocation, contact the manufacturer of the computer.

See you soon.

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