I have a small ASUS Transformer T-100 (Atom processor) with a 64GB SSD disk. It came with Windows 7 installed and I immediately upgraded to Windows 10.

The system was delivered with a 14.6GB partition called the recovery partition (I think it is windows 7). This computer has been updated to Windows 10 Anniversary edition. I use Paragon Backup and Recovery 14 Free edition to create a complete backup of that SSD drive and USB recovery media. I would use that recovery media and backup to do any recovery from catastrophic disk failure.

Is there any reason why I need to keep the "recovery partition" installed by ASUS?

I could use that 14.6GB to do the Windows creators update. I plan to upgrade to Paragon BU&Recovery 16 Free. The users manual says it can delete partitions (Recovery Partition) and extend partitions (Windows (C