Qosmio G50 - Repairing windows from the HDD

Hello all
My laptop - QOSMIO G50 - needs a bit of cleaning up and I was thinking of reinstalling from scratch.
I know I can use the "repair" function which is "hidden" on the HDD which will reset the pc to it's initial installation.
But i still do have a few questions.
1. I upgraded to Windows 7 quite a while ago. But if the built-in repair function reinstalls the pc to it's initial installation, I presume I'll be back on VISTA and will have to do the upgrade to WIN7 manually ?
2. More important : when I got the laptop the vendor didn't have anything installed, so when I booted, the installation began. I then got the choice to install either the 32bit or 64bit version.
I didn't think of ever needing 64bit on the laptop so I chose 32bit - which now I hugely regret.
Now, if doing this clean reinstall from the HDD, will it give me the choice between 64bit or 32bit again or will it simply go on with the 32bit version I chose the first time ? Or can I do something else to make sure that I get the 64bit installed this time around ?
Thanks.
Lio

Hi
Before you call tech support I will try to offer some explanation. Maybe this will help you to understand all this.
So lets go:
>...when I got the laptop the vendor didn't have anything installed, so when I booted, the installation began.
Of course vendor has installed something. ;) As you can see vendor has prepared two recovery images. After first start you had a choice to choose between two images (32 or 64bit version). If you didnt get any installations DVDs that means your notebook was delivered with HDD recovery image and it was recommended to create these discs. Have you created them?
If yes, how many DVD disc were created.
As far as I know if 4 discs will be created then you will have 32 and 64bit versions. When you start boot-up with disc 1 you should be asked which version should be installed. The same I got with my old Qosmio x300. You can also start HDD installation to see if you will be asked to choose OS version (32/64bit). If not then you can use one version only (already installed).
When you install Vista recovery image it is already activated. After upgrade kit installation you should still have activated Win7 version.
> I upgraded to Windows 7 quite a while ago. But if the built-in repair function reinstalls the pc to it's initial installation, I presume I'll be back on VISTA and will have to do the upgrade to WIN7 manually?
I dont know which repair option do you mean. If you start HDD recovery option it will install Vista again. After Win7 upgrade the HDD image will not be changed.
If you prefer Win7 I recommend you to obtain Microsoft Win7 installation disc. Check if Toshiba offers all drivers, tools and utilities. So you can install own OS version and be happy.
Using Acronis or some other image tool you can then create own Win7 recovery image.

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