Need help to install vista on a pc that can not read the DVD

OK so my pc with vista family venus premium pre installed and somewhere along the line of my dvd read Hothead on my drive so now it only reads CD... ok here is my question how to install vista Home premium without being able to read my dvd system... I can burn and read cds... What can I do? any help greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

* original title - HELP, need help to install vista on a pc that can not read dvds(i have a legitimate vista key) *.

# Preinstalled Versions of Windows Vista are OEM versions.  It cannot perform an upgrade from Windows XP.  In addition, you can modify or reverse engineer OEM manufacturer of computers version of Windows Vista... it will never activate. Carey Frisch

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