How to recover original OS when different OS was installed

Hello everyone,
I have a problem with my Thinkpad x201. Original OS was Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit on the main data partition and therefore i lost my original OS. But the recovery partition and the smal 1GB partition (system_drv) are still intact! Now i cant access recovery partition in windows, nor i can access it via ThinkVantage button on startup.
I found something on similar issue - linux installed, but not windows.
So can i recover original OS and how to do it without buying recovery discs?
Thank you for help.
Solved!
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http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Making-a-usb-stick-with-the-Lenovo-recovery-pa...

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