Reclaiming Q Partition Space

At the end of a backup and restore to a new internal HDD , I had the option to create factory media or reclaim the space occupied by the Q partition - I chose to create factory media, got a message that it didn't exist, but now I'm unable to reclaim .
Do i now need to format both the Q and C partitions and start the restore process over again ?

Hi Vost,
In Safe Mode look under C:\RRbackups. The last few post in the proceeding link explains detailed procedure:- http://www.thinkpads.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21651
Hope it helps.
Maliha (I don't work for lenovo)
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