System_drv and lenovo_recovery partitions

Have a laptop i want to rebuild from scracth with windows 7 enterprise.
I have no problem keeping the partitions on there however I always have an OS/programs partition and a data one. Right now i have 3.... the two mentioned above plus my OS one....this is apparently my limit and so when i go to format it, i'm not allowed to create a fourth partition for my 'Data' drive.
If i rebuild, i was planning to delete the current windows partition and the system_drv partition which would free up the two i need. I wanted to leave the recovery one there just incase i want to go back to factory settings.
The question...does the recovery partition rely on the system_drv partition one? Is there something I'm missing above?
Thanks in advance.
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Hello and welcome,
If you touch your partitioning in any way, you're likely to lose the ability to boot the recovery partition. Burn a recovery media set before touching anything. Then at least you'll have DVDs that can restore your system.
If you somehow maintain recovery partition bootability, that's a bonus.
My personal practice is to burn a factory media set, then either scrub the entire drive or just delete the recovery partition add the freed space to C: - and take advantage of the drive's full capacity.
With most ThinkPads, if you double click (or right click?) on the recovery partition, it will offer to burn media, delete the partition, and add the space to C:. You could do that, then resize C:, or just burn, delete, and create your data partition.
Z.
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