downgrade from vista home premium to visita home basic

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  Hello.  I bought a new laptop from HP a couple of months ago.  It came with Vista home premium 64-bit OS.  This was fine then because I had a 64-bit system and wanted a 63-bit OS and this was the lowest version i can order my laptop with.  Now I want vista home BASIC 64-bit OS.  I basically want to have a fresh install of Vista home basic 64-bit and move away from the pre-installed software that HP hands out with their own installations and discs.
  
  Is there a way to downgrade and pay a partial fee for a full version of visita home basic 64-bit if i can prove that i have a valid vista home premium on my laptop?  (of course i don't have the actual OS dvds because i bought my laptop from HP and they only give out their own recovery discs with the laptops)
  
  Or is my only option to pay full price for the full/new visita home basic 64-bit?
  
  Is there another option that i have no considered that might work? 
  
  thanks in advance.
  

  Monday, July 14, 2008 7:16 PM