D20 (4158) Win7 upgrade from pre-loaded Vista

I have a D20 preloaded with Vista Business and want to upgrade to Win7. I noticed that the "ThinkStation Hardware Maintenance Manual ThinkStationHardware Maintenance Manual" (http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/thinkcentre_pdf/53y4348.pdf) lists Windows 7 x64 recovery discs as FRUs, presumably orderable from Lenovo. Are these suitable for what I am intending to do (I would be doing a reformat-and-reinstall) or do I have to go with a boxed version purchased at a retailer? The advantage of going with the recovery disc would be to get all appropriate drivers and branded help files.
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the recovery media is only available to machines shipped with windows 7. If you want windows 7, you would have to get the retail pack from major computer stores.
You can get all the appropriate drivers by installing the Thinkvantage System Update software after you install the retail pack of windows 7.
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