Copying Recovery Media (Herstelmedia) created with HP recovery manager

I've lately created 'Recovery Media' using HP recovery manager. The back-up is stored on a USB, but I want to copy the back-up to another USB in order to use the first USB again. Is it possible to easily move the back-up from an USB to another? Thanks!

Hi @CasparQ ,
Thank you for your query.
As you are allowed to only create one set of recovery material, I do not think that you will be able to copy to another USB stick.
To verify this I suggest contacting HP support for confirmation.
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I don't know why your PC is saying your partition is gone - you're right, it doesn't look gone. I do know that if you use the Support Assistant to make backup copies of your Recovery Disks and Then instruct it to remove the recovery partition to give you more space on the hard drive, it will delete the HP factory image of Windows 8 from the recovery partition and leave the normal Windows repair tools behind.
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