Creating recovery disc using DVD vs using USB

I wanted to upgrade to SSD
a crucial m500 to be exact.
I'm using windows 8
Lenovo T430
But an attempt to create recovery media, I was told I needed a usb of at least 16gb before continuing.
I personally do not have a spare 16gb thumbdrive lying around
address : create a recovery drive, The screen which says "the drive must be able to hold 16gb, and everything on the drive will be deleted.
and I find it such a waste to use a hard disk to use it as a recovery media considering the fact that all data on it has to be erased and I cant really use it for other purpose
so I google in attempt to try and create recovery drive using dvd disc
recdisc.exe
my question is that would I be able to restore the same original settings and applications as when I bought it when using the recdisc.exe method??
will all the default Lenovo applications be still present??

If it's like most of the recent ones I have seen it would normally require 3 regular DVD disks. Recovery 1, Recovery 2, and Drivers and Applications Disk 2. If you use Dual Layer it will put Recovery 1 and Recovery 2 on one DL disk and the Drivers and Applications on Disk 2, but it should give you the option of recording it to a standard DVD. You can determine how many regular disks it would take by selecting the Regular Disk option prior to creating the disks and it shoud tell you 3.
I'm betting that when you check the first disk you will find that it has about 6.5 to 7gb of data on it and the drivers disk has about 3gig, more than what would fit on a single D/L dsk. I know that my L305-S5933 is like that and I can't imagine that your's would be that much different.
Addendum: I just checked my 3 disks and they are as follows
Recovery Disk 1 - 4.3 GB
Recovery Disk 2 - 2.77 GB
Drivers and Applications Disk 3 - 2.1 GB
That totals 9.17 GB more than the capacity of a single D/L disk.
Plus I believe that Chris hit the nail on the head of their wanting to keep the actual Recovery Disk(s) seperate from the Drivers & Applications disk.
If you don't post your COMPLETE model number it's very difficult to assist you. Please try to post in complete sentences with punctuation, capitals, and correct spelling. Toshiba does NOT provide any direct support in these forums. All support is User to User in their spare time.

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Recovery partition is meant to be used on a working system, it can however be used in a different manner but is difficult for most people unless you are a computer geek of sorts.
See this thread on how someone used the files from the restore partition to recover to a new hard drive, you would need another working Windows PC to do this.
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I understand that you tried to create your recovery DVDs using HP Media Creation and it failed. Here is a document to assist you with creating the recovery DVDS. Creating Recovery Discs or Saving a Recovery Image to a USB Flash Drive (Windows 7).
If this should fail for any reason, please provide the error and any other details.
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"Recovery partition not found" when trying to creat recovery discs.

I received the following error message when trying to create recovery discs for the first time "recovery partition not found" HP G61 401SA Notebook and it is a couple of years old and has windows 7 as th OS.
I specifically purchased DVD-R discs for the disc creation, which was advised from HP site was the only disc suitable.
Am I doing something incorrect or is there an issue?
Is this why I am unable to also create a back up - are the two things related?

GustoRMC wrote:
Hi Erico
I have managed to create the snip - but unsure how to incorprate into the reply here as copy paste will not work - how can I do that?#
The dvd - r are Verbatim Wide Inkjet I have had success with the Verbatim DVD+R
I did not know you are volunteer helpers - thanks goodness for people like you as trying to contact HP support for help was impossible and seemed like I kept going around in circles. No worries. We are here to help.
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This sometimes occurs because of the media. Try using a disc from a different source.
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..the OEM Product Key
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..will Toshiba be willing to send me a Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit OEM Installation disc
If all else fails, you can always order recovery discs from Toshiba directly.
Order Toshiba Recovery Media
Your questions indicate that you do not understand the procedure above. If my explanation is insufficient, please feel free to ask for clarification.
questions to the Toshiba Support Team/Administration
One more thing. There are no Toshiba support folks here. We are all users just like you.
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1. Product Name and Number : Hp pavilion g6 ( A8W91EA )
2. Operating System installed (if applicable) : Win7 Home Basic 64bit
3. Error message (if any) : we are experiencing errors in recovery media creation
4. Any changes made to your system before the issue occurred : No
5. In the subject title, include a brief, specific description of the problem, and your product information (i.e., product name of your laptop, notebook, printer, other device, etc.) : No
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probirroy2004 wrote:
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3. Error message (if any) : we are experiencing errors in recovery media creation
4. Any changes made to your system before the issue occurred : No
5. In the subject title, include a brief, specific description of the problem, and your product information (i.e., product name of your laptop, notebook, printer, other device, etc.) : No
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i can't create recovery disc set by use this pc for this error ... as far i know hp provide free recovery disc to their customers if they are not able to create it for any types of error
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Hello JimCon,
I have read your post on how your notebook computer is not able to successfully create recovery disks, and I would be happy to help you!
Since your computer gets stuck at 9% for great lengths of time, I recommend contacting our technical support at 1-800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl
I hope this helps!
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Cannot use created recovery discs for Satellite A350-134

Emm I really hope you can help me.
The Notebook said that you have to create the Recovery Disk by yourself and thats what I did ( on 2 Cds)
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