Winodows 7 to Windows 8 on T530

I have T530 with Win 7 pre-loaded. I created backup media via Lenovo Tools already.
Now I am planning to either upgrade it to Windows 8 or have a clean installation of WIn 8, which I need some advice and have the folwoing questions. Hopefully someone on this forum can answer.
(1) If I do a clean installation of Win 8, the Lenovo tools installed on my current Win 7 will be gone, right? Is there any way I can manually install those tools after Win 8 installation? If yes, where do I get the software?
(2) If I do a clean installation of Win 8, and later for some reason if I want to come back to Win 7, can I use the backup media I created already to come back to the factory setting? From some threads here, I noticed someone mentioned I can't wipe out the SYSTEM_DRIVE, otherwise I can't come back(or use backup media). Is this true?
(3) If I do an upgrade to Win 8, will I be able to keep all the existing Lenovo tools installed on Win 7 now?
(4) Between Clean Installation and UPgrade of Win 8, which one do you recommend?
Thanks a lot.

I tried to answer you questions below. But I wonder what you are looking for in Win8, that Win7 doesn't provide for you. It seems you value Win7 tools and Win7 experience, so I'm afraid you might not be happy with Win8. Personally, I still use Win7 because it does everything I need it to.
>> If I do a clean installation of Win 8, the Lenovo tools installed on my current Win 7 will be gone, right?
Correct.
>> Is there any way I can manually install those tools after Win 8 installation? If yes, where do I get the software?
Many of the Win7 tools are not supported on Win8, for example Power Manager and Access Connections. For the ones that are, they can be downloaded from the support website and/or the Windows Store.
>> If I do a clean installation of Win 8, and later for some reason if I want to come back to Win 7, can I use the backup media I created already to come back to the factory setting?
I'm not sure how you created the backup media. But my advice is to use the Win7 built-in "Backup and Restore" feature to create a system image and system repair disc. Then, if you don't like Win8 you can use these things to go back to your Win7 configuration exactly as it exists today.
>> From some threads here, I noticed someone mentioned I can't wipe out the SYSTEM_DRIVE, otherwise I can't come back(or use backup media). Is this true?
Not true, if you follow my advice above about using "Backup and Restore" that is built into Win7.
>> If I do an upgrade to Win 8, will I be able to keep all the existing Lenovo tools installed on Win 7 now?
No. The Win8 installer will force you to uninstall some of the tools. Other tools will stay but they may not function properly on Win8.
>> Between Clean Installation and UPgrade of Win 8, which one do you recommend?
I definitely recommend clean install. In my personal experience, OS upgrade never works well.

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- Power Management Driver:
This version http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS032258
Or this version http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?DocID=DS014939
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usually i go for the newer version.
and on my thinkpad i installed power management driver version 1.66
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