Vista 64 bit upgrade?Replacing the hidden recovery partition

[Nater]

Does anyone know if there is any sort of way to replace the hidden partition image with a new one. Say I am angry that Lenovo doesn't offer the x64 version of vista (or even tell you what version you're being stuck with) with their systems and I want to get a copy of the retail version do a clean install, and then somehow replace the factory operating system on the hidden partition, so if things went sour I could use the ThinkVantage button and set the settings back to the new image with x64 bit Vista ( the retail version I would buy)??? Or is there some way that Lenovo could send me a disk similar to a recovery disk that would have x64 bit version and would create its own partition hidden partition? Or am I crazy for buying a the core2duo t7300 64 bit processor and wanting to actually use the 64 bit processing??

-Thanks alot!

[jgrobertson]

The backup & recovery from Lenovo/IBM does let you create a bootable CD with the original factory system on it so that you can get back to day one.

I just bought a second hard drive, they are cheap now adays, and put Vista on that and have the original that I can reinstall or boot from in the Ultrabay with the caddy.