How do I use Windows Vista with Lion?

Hi - I wonder if you can help. I want to use a copy of Windows Vista I have through Bootcamp but have recently upgraded to OS X Lion.
I understand Snow Leopard supported Vista and if I had installed Vista prior to upgrading it would continue to work even though I was running Lion - however having upgraded to Lion I now cannot install Vista thtough Bootcamp as the Windows Support Software for Lion only supports Windows 7 (and I don't want to spend the money for that!).
So my question is - can I reinstall Snow Leopard, install Vista on a Bootcamp partition and then reinstall Lion without having to pay for it again? Will reinstalling Snow Leopard destroy the Lion recovery partition? Or can I simply go back into the App Store and redownload Lion from my account as I have paid for it already and not having the recovery partition therefore doesn't matter?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.

You can also keep Lion and Lion Recovery by installing it to an external drive.
OS X Lion Install to Different Drive
You may also see this message, with workaround:
Lion + Bootcamp: disk cannot be used
Before upgrading to Lion, making a bootable clone would help avoid some problems.
Boot Camp 4.0 drivers are Windows 7 only.
I don't see that you can't just partition with BCA 4.01 and not install, then get out Vista (again?) and use your 10.6 DVD. You can still use Boot Camp 3.0->3.2.
Boot Camp 4 requires Windows 7 or later | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews
Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked questions

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