Win 7 updgrade and partition

[jwood]

Hello,

I have an X61 tablet that I have downgraded to XP from Visa Ultimate. I am planning on upgrading to Win7 home premium. I will most likely go to the 64 bit version as I would like to also add more memory.

My tablet currently has the restore partition for XP. Since I have restore discs for both XP and Visa, I don't see the need to keep the partition should I ever downgrade again. Does anyone know if there is an option to reclaim all the disc space when I do the custom install for Win7? Or will I need to do the install, then reclaim my space?

Thanks for any suggestions.