After creating an external recovery disk - delete recovery partition?

I wnat to install Linux on my new Thinkpad W520. To prevent damage, i created a recovery USB-Stick using the Lenovo-Tool "Create Recovery Media". Can i now delete the recovery partition/ wipe it and use it as my Linux Partition? Thanks in advance, Maffin
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I do not recommend it. There often are issues with self created recovery media - so it might be better to leave the recovery partition untouched.
The latest problem i've read in the german thinkpad-forum.de was that the recovery-media created on an external harddisk including a bootable USB-stick (using "Create Recovery Media") cannot be found after booting from the USB-stick.
Ordering a recovery DVD set will cost a fee of approx. € 18.- in/to Germany
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