X301 win7 OS, 32 or 64 Bit??

Hi there,
Just got my X301 today and discovered that the OS is WIN7 32 Bit.
I ordered and got my laptop with 4 GB ram.
From what i know, 4GB is useless without 64bit OS.
I've got some questions:
- is it true that only 64bit OS can fully use the extra RAM i bought?
- how can i replace the Win 7 32Bit license to 64Bit license.
- how do i change the OS, still save all the nice Thinkvantage features?
Thanks in advance,
Ron

Hi Ron!
Yes 32 bit Windows can use about 3GB max.
To get to 64 bit Windows you are looking at a clean install.
After the clean install you can either install the Lenovo drivers and ThinkVantage sofware manually, or use ThinkVantage System Update, which will offer to install all of it automatically it for you.
When I do clean installs I also delete the Lenovo disk recovery partitions as I don't need them (I use a Windows Home Server for backup).
I don't work for Lenovo. I'm a crazy volunteer!

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