L512 How to do Full Re-Install

I have an L512 (Win 7 Home Premium 32 bit, 4Gb RAM, 2.40GHz processor. It keeps chugging along, but is starting to slow down, and at times, really choke up. My virus and malware protection is current. I'm thinking it just needs a new lease on life with a fresh re-install of the OS and all my programs and data. I've done this before on several previous computers, so I understand the general scope of this project, but it has been a few years. I don't think I've ever used the Lenovo recovery process, but I probably have an old recovery DVD around, or if not, I can create that disk. What I'm trying to avoid is if I use a recovery option, not just re-installing with all the bloated or corrupt files that are giving me trouble now. So I'd like to go back to my original Win 7 32 bit, the drivers, my programs, and my data. Can I get the original fresh versions of the OS through recovery? Or would I have to start from scratch with Windows 7? I guess I don't understand exactly what Lenovo Recovery actually does. Or is there a simple way to re-install from scratch? I don't mind going that route as long as I can find the OS and all the drivers. I think I am going to upgrade to a larger SSD drive when I do this. Suggestions appreciated! Thanks, David

You will find all individual drivers here: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/thinkpad-l-series-laptops/thinkpad-l512 However if you do not want to go through the pain of finding your system hardware and find which one is the suitable driver, just run system update after you setup the new OS and it will do the rest for you. http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht003029

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