Partition changed from 2 to 1 after downgrade to XP

Hi, I have a question about the changing of the partition after switching to XP. I got my T61 today (finally!) which is very exciting. I got it with Vista Business just because I want to be able to downgrade it to XP to use many softwares that are not supported by Vista. After I finished downgrading to XP, I realized that the system has automatically changed the original 2 partitions (C and D drive) to only 1 (C drive). I really hope to change it back to two partitions for computer safety purpose. I know there probably isn't a way to do it unless I re-format the entire harddrive and start from beginning. My concern is since I don't really have the real XP disc, but the recovery disc from Lenovo, is it safe to format the hard drive? Is there a safe way to reboot from the recovery disc while in the process I can re-partition the harddrive, so I won't damage the "hidden partition" and the recovery function? I haven't upload anything else on the computer yet so I have no file or program to lose.
Also, my hard drive (100G) kind of "shrank" to 86G after the downgrade. Some other posts have talked about the hidden disc and the different calculation method of the hard drive. I guess this is why the hard drive shrank?
Thanks in advance. Any information will be really appreciated.

I would go get something like partedmagic and use it to resize the C:\ partition and create a new D:\ partition. It is similar in use to Partition Magic but free.
By any chance did you make a set of recovery discs for Vista in case you want to go back someday?
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