Fdisking and reinstalling Windows on a T61 from scratch

I am about to buy a Thinkpad T61. I already have a license for Windows XP Pro at home from my previous computer, and an install CD for it, so I'm thinking of ordering this one with Windows Vista Business, essentially for having the license for the system. I'm pretty sure I will be able to get my hands on an install CD for it eventually.
I'm fairly certain I will want to erase the hard drive from scratch and redo the partitioning once I receive it, and install Windows myself, be it XP or Vista. I understand that by fdisking the hard drive, I will lose the embedded restore capabilities of the machine.
What I want to know is, other than that, if it is a bad idea to do this, as in "I'm definitely gonna get some troubles with this and that", or if it is just a matter of "I won't be able to get support from Lenovo if I do this."
Thanks.

do you have spare HDD's you can practice on..?
when i do that sort of thing, i make the recovery CD set and then use it on a new/different HDD and keep the original aside for backup..
the recovery process might be different with vista..
the X300 i have created a recovery set without the os as part of it..
so be sure the official release recovery WILL restore all including the OS..
Bill Morrow, kept by parrots
Sysop - forum.thinkpads.com
X300, T60p, X60s,X60T (sxga+), Transnote, MacBook Pro, iPhone, iPod
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She was not what you would call unrefined.
She was the type of person who kept a parrot.
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