Recover Window Vista

Hello.
I have an laptop Lenovo N500 and I want to recover the original OS from Lenovo special partition.
On the laptop it is right now installed another Window Vista (not the original) and i don't have any drivers or lenovo care software installed. In my computer there are 2 partitions SERVICEV003 (D and Lenovo (E. I read that in those partitions are the recover files.
What should I do to reinstall or recover the original Window Vista from those partitions. I have tried by pressing F10 on boot loading and i got a black screen Edit Boot Options with these messages
Edit Window boot options for: Microsoft Windows Vista
Path: \Windows\system32\winload.exe
Partition 2
Hard disk: 3ad....
[/NOEXECUTE=OPTIN
I don't have any recover dvd, just that 2 partitions. Can I reinstall the original Windows?

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Since you have installed another copy of vista,i am not sure whether you will be able to recover your OEM version.The best option might be to contact technical support and explain your situation,ask them for a recovery DVD set for your model.
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