W530 - Made Recovery Disk - Now I see an S Drive - Can I delete? rename?

Hello,
I am just setting up my new W530.
I noticed it came with a partition with the original software. I double clicked on this and ran through the steps and it completed successfully.
the first time I tried it though it crashed and afterwards I noticed a new S drive in my computer. It is still there now.
So I am wondering is this just a remenant from the crashed backup? Can I delete it?
Or do I need to be careful and do something else???
Thank you so much!
Glenn

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