Rescue & Recovery with Windows 7?

Does anyone know if the existing version of Rescue & Recovery (here) will work with Windows 7 RC?
If it "should" work, then I'll install it, if there are plans to release a new R&R specifically for Windows 7, then I'll wait until that new version is available.
Michael
W520 (4270 CTO), which replaced a W500 (4062-27U), which replaced a T42P, which replaced an A21P...
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BTW, after I installed Win 7 I cannot access the hidden partition that contains the old Vista/factory default backup files, even though the partition is still there and intact. If I ever need to go back to Vista I will definitely need to access that partition since I didn't have any Vista OS backup files on DVDs. Only the data files are backed up.
I had a same problem after installing the windows 7 with partition S:. all you have to do is assign a letter to this partition since it probably does not have one right now. That was my case. Partition was there but no letter was assigned to it. Also Q partition was changed to D.
I have installed R&R version 4.21, I believe, and it works. Well, almost. Pressing ThinkVantage button during the start-up brings up BIOS and not the R&R as I think it should.
R&R 4.21 link
(http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-70035)
(T500 2081-CTO)

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