How to format lenovo g550

hello,
I format my laptop model g550.
could you tell me how do I bring out Windows Vista being the preinstalled software on ...
thanks ...
ciao,
devo formattare il mio computer portatile modello g550.
sapreste dirmi come faccio a far emergere windows vista essendo il sotware preinstallato...
grazie 1000...
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