Downgrade from win 7 pro to xp pro

my x201 think pad came with xp pro as a downgrade from win 7 pro, and recovery disks for win 7.
when i attempted to upgrade to win 7, i forgot to save my xp documents. lenovo premium support tried to recover my word, excel and pdf documents, but could not.
i'm not comfortable with win 7, and would like to downgrade to xp pro, sp 3.
how can i accomplish this?
x201 thinkpad, 300 gig hard drive, 4 megs of ram [actually 3+ megs, 32-bit system.
thanks!

Hi campus56,
If you didn't create Win XP's recovery discs, then you would need to order them from lenovo, whether you're upgrading or downgrading it's always recommended to create recovery discs through ThinkVantage of your previous OS.
Hope this helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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