Create new partition VS. Use Toshiba recovery disk

Hi
I've bought a new Toshiba Satellite S50-A-00G. I want to create a new partition (D for my personal documents.
Could I create a new partition (with Windows 8 built-in utilities) and use Toshiba restore disk for reformat ONLY the system partition (C?
Thanks

Hi skid! I'm not sure what your'e wanting to do. I can tell you what I do. I also have a 1TB external drive. I have a program called Macrium Reflect. It is a great program and there is a free version. Once a month I create a image of my drive. It will create a image of all three of my partitions. If I have some major problems. I restore that image and I'm back just like the day I created the image. I never use the Toshiba recovery media, because I don't want to start over from day one.
I'm sure you will get better replies during the week.
Dokie!!
I Love my Satellite L775D-S7222 Laptop. Some days you're the windshield, Some days you're the bug. The Computer world is crazy. If you have answers to computer problems, pass them forward.

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