Which HDD partitions can be deleted after migration to SSD (Win8)

Hi everybody,
I have bought a Intel SSD 525 mSATA for my new T530 and have already installed it succesfully. With the Paragon Hard Disk Manager 12 I have migrated the Windows 8 OS to the new SSD. Everything works fine with the SSD and I want to clean up the partitions on the HDD now.
My problem is that I don´t know which partitions belongs to the preload/receovery and should stay on the drive.
HDD:
1. WINRE_DRV - NTFS (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 1000MB
2. SYSTEM_DRV - (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 260MB
3. Local Drive - unknown 128MB
4. Windows8_OS [D:] - NTFS 447,2GB
5. Lenovo_Recovery - NTFS (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 17,1GB
Which partitions can be deleted without damaging the preload/recovery function.
Could anybody help me with this question ?
Thanks a lot

Yes. The SSD is my new boot drive. These two partitions are on the SSD now.
SDD:
SYSTEM_DRV - (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 260MB
Windows8_OS [C:]- NTFS 111,5GB
The HDD should be my storage Drive. Thats right.
But the preload/recovery partitions remains on the HDD. I have created a USB recovery media according to this instruction (http://support.lenovo.com/de_DE/downloads/detail.page?DocID=HT076024). The recovery partition should be on the USB flash drive now.
I want to remain the recovery partition on HDD to have a second copy, if something happen to the USB flash drive.
HDD:
1. WINRE_DRV - NTFS (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 1000MB
2. SYSTEM_DRV - (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 260MB
3. Local Drive - unknown 128MB
4. Windows8_OS [D:] - NTFS 447,2GB
5. Lenovo_Recovery - NTFS (OEM-/ Servicepartition) 17,1GB
Is only number 5 the recovery partition or are 1 ,2 ,3 linked to it ?

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