Follow up question on recovery data on USB flash drive

HP instructions say the 32 GB flash drive should NOT be branded as Windows 8 compatible.   I bought a Sandisk 32 GB yesterday for  $20 on sale,   but it says on the back it is compatible.
Other more/or less expensive  flash drives did not address whether compatible with Windows 8.
I have  Windows 8.1
Thanks in advance for your help...
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Hi,
If the flash drive is listed as 'Windows 8 compatible' it cannot be used - the reason is because the HP Recovery Media creation software looks for an external device and flash drives marked Win 8 compatible show as internal drives. 
In the example below, the 32 Gb usb flash drive 'Dave G' shows as an internal drive which cannot be used, while the usb flash drive 'Removable Disk H' would work.
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