Anyone know where I can get a copy of the retail version, mine doesnt work any more?

have you tried places like P.C world and other such stores?

What I am after is one to replace mine which has been scratched.

well if you have a damaged retail cd, you can ring up MS and they usually exchange it for you

Yeah just call M$ up and they send one out to you as long as it is a legit copy, I didnt have to supply a receipt of purchase or anything when I damaged mine, they just took my details from my activation records and sent me another copy within a week

they just took my details from my activation records and sent me another copy within a week

i guess thats one good thing about the activation crap then lol

Thanks I'll do just that

But if you dont need to reinstall it why do you need the disc?! lol.

Yeah, Microsoft will send ya out another one, no need to go to PC World etc, wasting your money there.