Can't create recovery.

So I bought this laptop about a week ago. Now it's saying I need to create a recovery disk. Im game, after all I have to do it incase of issues.
Now the problem is this. I go in to make the disks. Disks being DVD+R disks I bought at Walmart and every time I do, it seems to start the process of making them and then just up and says it can't verify the disk. So ive gone through two disks because of that issue there. I went and grabbed a 32GB drive and tried that. It doesn't even register it when it comes to making it, but sure as hell does when it opens up the folder. All in all, im wanting to know if there's not a way I can just have a recovery disk sent to my place like the good old days. I know we have advanced well and far, but sometimes the old way is awesome!
Hopefully I get something out of this other than wasted text. LOL G'day good people and thanks ahead of time.
Right then. Should also add the details of the lappy.... dur.
HP Pavilion 17-e119wm Notebook PC (ENERGY STAR)
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The problem you are having normally happens when people use the least expensive, noname DVD media they can buy.
Only use well known brands such as Verbatim. Unfortunately, Tthe same thing happens with the usb flash drives.Stick with well known brands. Only use the usb 2.0 ports, if available, and make sure that the wireless is turned on.
The usb 2.0 ports on the left side of your notebook are USB 3.0. Don't use those for recovery media creation.
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