Windows 8 Reset, Lenovo OneKey Recovery, Partitions - confusion

Hi everyone,
I have a few questions - I have a Yoga 2 Pro:
1. I created a separate partition for my documents on the hard drive. If I use Lenovo OneKey Recovery will that destroy the partition?
2. Following Question 1, will the OneKey Recovery run successfully given the existence of said partition?
3. I assume that the OneKey Recovery image on the hard drive provided by Lenovo includes all their software (OneKey Recovery, Energy Manager, EasyCamera, etc). If I use the Windows 8 Reset feature will that software still be installed or will it be a completely clean OS - as if, for example, I were to acquire a windows 8 ISO and use that for installation?
4. Where the heck is my Windows 8 Product Key?
Thanks in advance,
- ice

Great
Is there any way I can fix this? Without having to spend $?
EDIT: The other thing I should mention is that I used Windows itself to create this new partition. DISKPART gives the following:
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
Partition 1 Recovery 1000 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 System 260 MB 1001 MB
Partition 3 OEM 1000 MB 1261 MB
Partition 4 Reserved 128 MB 2261 MB
Partition 5 Primary 110 GB 2389 MB
Partition 6 Primary 109 GB 113 GB
Partition 7 Primary 4096 MB 222 GB
Partition 8 Recovery 11 GB 226 GB
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
Volume 0 C Windows8_OS NTFS Partition 110 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 1 M NTFS Partition 109 GB Healthy
Volume 2 D LENOVO NTFS Partition 4096 MB Healthy
Volume 3 WINRE_DRV NTFS Partition 1000 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 4 SYSTEM_DRV FAT32 Partition 260 MB Healthy System
Volume 5 PBR_DRV NTFS Partition 11 GB Healthy Hidden
- ice

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