The most cost effective would be an ebay disk, not sure as to the legality.
Don't know how to get a Dell disk, do they charge.
Acronis TrueImage , guess it costs, I really only want the Vista OS on my new drive not hidden Dell stuff.
Windows 8 at $40, seems tempting, apart from the fact it's made by MS !
Vista was rubbish and in my opinion all MS windows versions get worse, 3.1 was about the best (of the worst)!
Thanks anyway for the suggestions.
Jim