Windows 7 on Lenovo n500

Hi everyone,
I installed Windows 7 today just out of curiosity and now I wanna get rid of it and return to Vista. So the question is how do I do that?
I have no Vista CD. I do have one DVD with Lenovo product recovery, which for some reason refuses to run. I'm trying to boot from this DVD, but as the installation seems to begin I keep getting the message "This CD is incorrect" which is a bit odd, since this is the only CD that I've got.
There is also a servicev003 recovery partition, which I don't know how to use.
It would be very nice if someone could help me solve this issue.
Thanks in advance.

There are minimum 3 cd's in the recovery package. The first one says: "Start Recovery Disk" (Start the recovery process with this cd)
If You say you have the "Service" partition untouched, the try the following:
1. Reboot your pc and press the Lenovo care button (as the lenovo logo shows on startup)
2. If you feel/hear something working, then the ThinkVantage solution might be running.
3. When the load is finished, you should see an option like "Recover to factory settings" or "Full Recovery".
4. Vista OEM (Home Premium, Business, Ultimate) will then be loaded again to your hard drive.
NOTE: all data will be removed, so be carefull.
If there is no reaction after/during the fist step, then the Service partition is useless. My suggestion is to email Lenovo and ask for the entire recovery cd bulk.
P.S: i have 3 cd's, but i only used them once. The process is exactly the same if you have a service partition.
cheers

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