Hi Leo Kline, the Dell data safe is an online feature which will help you store your data online. You will have to login to
Dell DataSafe Online Backup & Sharing and you can transfer all your data onto an online datastore. If you do not have the username and pswd, contact Dell's tech support at 1-800-624-9896.
Whereas, on your Computer, the Recovery partition contains an image of your computer as the way it was shipped to you by Dell. Incase of system failure, you can restore your computer to factory settings, as the way you had it on the day 1.
You can access this recovery drive by tapping F8 on Dell logo and select Repair Your Computer. It would be named as Dell Factory Image Restore. However, you should not install or add anything to this drive.