Lenovo vs Windows 7

Hello,
Just got my X200, should I get the Windows 7 from Lenovo or use the store upgrade. Will Lenovo's be and upgrade and won affect my documents or will it be some sort of recovery.
I got the store upgrade at 50%.
Let me know!
X200, 8600, Ram 3G and Win 7...

GOOD JOB LENOVO (power manager pfff )

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    Well if you do not want win7 all together, then just delete all the partitions and install your XP. But if your not wanting to mess up this drive to be able to use the win7 later then just buy a cheap HDD to put XP on. --> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148452 $10 off and free shipping. but being that you already tried installing XP then you already messed up win7 anyways(if you did not make the restore disks), your better off just deleting and redoing XP.
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