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So if the installation screws up for some reason, I can restore using recovery disks, right?

I did try a clean install while running on Vista, and at the end of the installation it still opened up the recovery tools and told me to restore. I never took out the partition, because it's where the recovery data is stored, and I was afraid that if I did and it failed, I'd essentially turn my...

Also, I'm not sure if this is relevant or not, but there's a recovery partition on my HD. I've heard that that could cause problems. Does anyone know anything about this?

I can't, because at the end of every installation, I'm forced to restore to Vista. I mentioned the RC because I can run the RC without any troubles. I can't clean install from the RC or from Vista, and I can't upgrade from Vista.

Oh, also, the 7 DVD I've been using has been tried on other computers and has worked flawlessly.

My laptop can run the RC perfectly. It's a VGN-FW150D Vaio. But whenever I try and install 7 (Ultimate 32 bit), it seems to finish, then restarts and starts system recovery toold. This forces me to restore back to the stock Vista version. I've tried upgrading and clean installations after going...