Restore system image from a different OS

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I have a brand new laptop which comes with Window 8.1 and a dedicated partition labeled "recovery image" that I assume is a full system backup.

My question is, if I format C and install windows 7 there, will I be able to restore the original windows 8.1 if I need to? And if that's the case how would be the process.

Thanks in advance.
 

USAFRet

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If you leave that Recovery partition alone, yes.
Procedure on how to invoke that is in your user manual.