Possible to repair the hidden partition on T61p?

Hi,
it seems that my hidden partition has been damaged (not physically). Strange things happen when proceeding to a restore, mainly some software i had when i received the thinkpad isn't present after the "factory" restore....
Restoring with the cds i created doesn't fix it.
Is there a way to repair, or anyway to get the hidden partition in exactly the same "shape" it was when I bought the laptop at the retailer (less than 2 weeks ago)?
thank you
T61p 6460-D8G, Vista (downgrade to XP soon...), T9300, Quadro FX570M, 15,4' WUXGA...

i'm not sure that i've listed everything, but at least:
- Office trial, as you mentioned it (didn't even have time to use it...Do you know where i can download it? Lenovo or Microsoft?)
- Rescue and recovery at least, maybe other TV utilities, but i didn't take time to check everything yet....
The thing is, i would like to repair the hidden partition, get it in "brand new" status, create recovery CDs, so that I have the system as it came, sealed, from the retailer + the recovery set, all of that with Vista. I would preciously ("my preciousssss" :-) ) keep that in a box.
After that, i will put in the laptop a new hard disk drive I'm about to buy (7200rpm 320Go 2.5 SATA...), and install XP on it (hopefully from the Lenovo downgrade kit that came with my thinkpad)
T61p 6460-D8G, Vista (downgrade to XP soon...), T9300, Quadro FX570M, 15,4' WUXGA...

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