Newbie Query regarding creation of Recovery disks and Backups

Hello ppl/Admins,
Some clarification required (my questions might seem dummy ...but i have no choice).
I'm a newbie and just received my first laptop ever Lenovo 3000 N200 0769 (WinXP).
My queries are:
1) If i create a 'Complete Backup' under Lenovo care application will that include the entire hidden partition? Or do i need to  use some other software like Norton Ghost to  backup the entire image of the  hard drive?
2)  Is there a way to only backup the hidden partition?
3) I have noticed in other threads users refering to system and recovery disks, what/how are they used/created (i dont see any
    create recovery disk option under lenovo care button)? How does a recovery or system disk differ from a backup?
My sole intention is to save/backup the hidden partition so that i could restore the laptop into its factory settings if things go wrong, so if anyone could help....it will be much appreciated.
Thanks!

Hi atomic, if you look under the lenovo program file you will see two different entries that relate to restore / recovery, I'm not at my machine now to directly tell you what is called, other than one is towards the top half and the other nearer the bottom.
The one at the bottom has two options, the first is to create recovery media (I'm presuming this is for if rescue & recovery fails to boot up).
Under this there is then a 2nd option that refers to creating a restore cd, of which it will only let you make s single copy under MS licencing.  I'm of the impression that if required and used, it will take a user back to factory restore settings i.e. original factory restore as it arrived.  This I'm presuming will image the partition as well.
As for the other recovery option higher up the menu, this is for actuslly creating backups and restoring  system and/or files. 

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