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Hi,
Both hands actually. It doesn't really matter where you or Windows itself puts it for as long as Windows knows where it is.
I usually let Windows do what it feels like during set up like Navy LCDR suggests. Most of the time I just leave my data partition on the disk (at the end physically) and leave the rest to Windows set up.
Windows will create all partitions itself and will invariably create the recovery partition in front of the Windows partition so the RE environment is created first just in case it's needed before Win Setup finishes the install.
The theory you find on the net is rather confusing for a non professional and is only needed ( and then some) for large roll outs using prepped images.
All in all, I'd say forget about the theory but avoid putting the RE partition behind the Windows partition IF you have another partition behind it.
In real life you hardly ever will have to touch it and the only reason I can see it could need more space than the 450Mb allocated to it is when using some encryption IIRC. I need to look that up if you want more detail. Either way, hardly relevant to us near mortals.
Cheers,