Windows 7 Partitioning and NOVO

I recently purchased a Y550 and just preordered Windows 7 yesterday. I have a few questions about the partitioning and NOVO related to Windows 7. Please pardon me if some of them sound obvious; I'm not very knowledgeable with OS installation or partitioning!
1. I plan on doing a clean install of Windows 7, and my Y550 has 3 partitions (large C, small D, and hidden NOVO). Assuming that the OS info (not restore info) is on the C drive, when I perform a clean install, will my D drive, which contains all my system drivers, remain untouched? Since Vista drivers work in Windows 7, will all of my drivers be ready to go without backing them up to an external drive (which I will still do anyway) after installing Windows 7? Or will the D drive and NOVO partition also be wiped?
2. Assuming that the NOVO partition will remain untouched after performing a clean install, will there be any way to create a custom system backup image with Windows 7 by replacing the existing Vista image? Or should I delete this before installing Windows 7? Any idea what Lenovo plans on doing regarding this issue? I still need to burn recovery disks for Vista, which I plan on doing soon...
3. I've heard that when I install a new OS, it will format the partitions itself, and I shouldn't manually change the partitions beforehand. Does anyone see any problems installing a new OS with the 3-partition scheme?
Thanks for your help!
Lenovo Ideapad Y550 41864AU: P8600 @ 2.4GHz, 4GB DDR3, nVidia Geforce GT130M 512MB, WD 500GB 5400RPM, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit RTM

Black hole, welcome to lenovo user forums
Did you pre-order Windows 7 through the upgrade program of lenovo or did you order it through a third party site?If you are obtaining installation media through a third party,then i think its quite possible to have a dual boot scenario Windows 7 and vista( provided that youdont tinker with the service partition)
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