Best 540 path to retail Win 8.1 from Win 7

I have read a whole bunch of posts on the issue of installing Win 8.1.  According to the labels on the disks I received with the machine, they contain win 8.1 pro. Which is what I want to have installed. However I am concerned about future installation of win 9.
I can't use the installed Win 7 and then install Win 8 from the disks because this process appears to destroy any installed software; unlike the retail upgrade.
Is  the best path to simply discard all of the supplied OSs and do a clean install of the retail Win 8? Then win 9 should be good (I understand we really don't know what Win 9 upgrade is going to do).
What is the best method of providing the required drivers if I do a clean retail install? Are any of the Lenovo supplied applications actually necessary for proper operation and can they be installed on a retail Win 8?

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