Disk Partitioning / Logical Drives vs. One Key Recovery Functionality

I just purchased a Windows 7 Lenovo H530 and need to know if I can shrink the C: drive and add an extended partition with logical volumes without disabling OKR / Rescue System 3.0 functionality. My 1 TB HDD:
200 MB     SYSTEM_DRV (Primary Partition)
906 GB     C: (Boot/System Primary Partition)
25.07 GB  Unlabeled (OEM Partition)
I've read loss of F2 functionality due to recovery partition ID changes and/or OKR fails to complete due to any change in the size of the original C: drive...also read post of successful OKR after altering the C: drive.
Has anyone successfully attempted this on a newer machine? I can't find a definitive answer as the OKR software has been updated over time and most of the post are 2+ years old.  Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Hi, You're lucky if you only have 2 partitions - isn't there a nice tiny one of 0,2 Gigabytes also?
What I can tell you is that I spent a lot of time as well trying to mend the soft/partitioning and to get rid of bloatware!
In short: I did a clean reinstall + recovered my OEM activation + partitioned the HDD as I wanted. Now it looks and reacts familiar (I used XP as well, before).
BEWARE: trying partitions managers as Easeus or Paragon has blocked my partitions - they seem to be "coded" somehow.
Do not hesitate: after you backup activation erase totally HDD (I used killdisc) and all shall be gone and you start fresh.
Get a Win 7 serching for "digitalriver" Get ABW for activation restoring Get drivers from Lenovo support, install only what you need by function not all of them!
Send a PM if you need more details. Regards from Romania!
Enjoy!

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