L300 should run 32-bit or 64-bit OS (is there a choice)?

Recovered my daughter's Satellite L300.  Model: P5LB8U-0R904H, she updated original OS to Win7.  Recovered using the 'hold down '0' key while power on' method to reinstall.  Can't figure out: she had Win7 - 64-bit, the recovered Vista from the same laptop is 32-bit.  The processor for this laptop is a P8600 @ 2.40 GHz, 4.00 GB, and 32-bit OS, as indicated in the 'Computer->Properties' information dialog.  My question is: can this laptop run the 64-bit Vista or Win7?  and how it was running Win7 64-bit (don't understand how she would be able to install that if it had the 32-bit Vista originally).  I checked the Win7 'Computer->Properties' on the machine before restoration, it stated 64-bit.
After recovering I'm now trying to reinstall Win7, but wonder if I did something to load the 32-bit instead of the 64-bit Vista from the restoration partition?  Or can you even do that?  Thank you for your consideration.
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Satellite L300 (PSLB8U-0R904H)
Similar to these models (in the same part-number family).
Satellite L300-ST2501 (PSLB8U-18D04H)
Satellite L300-ST3502 (PSLB8U-0DN042)
Satellite L305-S5906 (PSLB8U-04C003)
Satellite L305-S5920 (PSLB8U-0JS037)
My question is: can this laptop run the 64-bit Vista or Win7? 
Doesn't really matter. Any model that cannot use more than 4 GB of RAM should not use 64-bit Windows.
All the other consequences are disadvantages.
-Jerry

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