Satellite A500 - How to switch from Vista 64bit to 32bit?

Hei guys,
I recently purchased my new A500-14c Series and installed the Vista 64bit version. What happens is that later I found out that a USB sound card that I use doesnt have vista64 drivers yet, so I wanted to re-install the SO and choose Vista 32 this time.
I was wondering how I can do that? Can I just create the recovery DVDs using Toshiba Recovery? Will that ask me what SO I want to install or will it just restore the current version?
What other methods can I try? My computer didnt bring any DVDs, so I assume that both SO instalations are still stored on the HDD. I just dont know where or what to do to use them.

> I recently purchased my new A500-14c Series and installed the Vista 64bit version
I assume you have formatted the whole HDD during the Vista 64bit installation.
Is it right?
If yes then you would be not able to get the Vista 32bit OS back because you didnt create the recovery disk before the vista 64bit OS installation.
The Toshiba notebooks are equipped with the tool called Toshiba Recovery disk creator.
This tool allows you to create the recovery disk which would help you to set the notebook back to the factory settings.
If you dont have such disk and if you are not able to create it then you could order it from this page:
https://backupmedia.toshiba.eu/landing.aspx
Bye

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