Reimage after upgrading Vista to Windows 7

Is it possible to create recovery disks and then reimage a Satellite A505-S6965 that has been upgraded from Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Ultimate and then restore the laptop to Windows 7?
I can't find my Windows 7 product key, so I can't just re-install Windows. It is a genuine copy--I did buy the upgrade.
Sorry for the uneducated question, but if it is possible, what state would be laptop be in after the restoration? Would it have just the OS and need all the apps re-installed, and the docs, pics, etc would be gone (which is what I want)?
If that is not possible using this method, what can I do to reimage the disk without having to buy another copy of Windows 7? Is there a way to recover the Windows 7 product key?
Thanks,
Karen
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Hi Karen.
Another solution to find your "legal" Product keys is to D/L and use SIW. If you click on Licenses, you will get them all. Fantastic app for any curious mind. I have it on all my machines. Here is the speel on it. Have fun. JP.
* Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Topala Software Solutions
* SIW - System Information for Windows - version 2010-07-14
* CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT
This README.TXT file describes SIW. The following topics are discussed:
1. Overview
2. What's New?
3. Installation
4. Copyright and Contact Information
* 1. Overview
SIW is a System Information tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings.
A utility that includes detailed specs for Motherboard, BIOS, CPU, Devices, Memory, Video, Drives, Ports.
It displays information about Operating System, Installed Programs, Processes, Services,
Product Key (CD key), Serial Numbers, Users, Open Files, System uptime, Users, Network, Network Shares,
as well as real-time monitors for CPU, Memory, Page File usage and network traffic.
SIW also displays currently active network connections, Passwords hidden behind asterisks, installed codecs.

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