HOW TO YOU ADD USB FLASH DRIVE TO BOOT OPTION

i HAVE TWO LAPTOPS SAME MODEL NUMBER ONE CRASHED, hp SUPPORT TALKED ME THROUGH F11 TO RECOVER TO FACTORY CONDITION THE LAPTOP STOP AT 100% WITHN1 MINUTE LEFT TO CMPLETE. HP TOLD ME TO ESCAPE AN DO F2 TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE. THAT WORK IT SHOWED ALL THE CHECKS PASSED. IT TOOK 2 + HOURS SO WHEN i CALLED BACK DIFFERENT PERSON SAID $350 SEND IT THEY WILL FIX. iT'S NOT IN WARRANY SINCE FEB2014 i ONLY PAID $399 FOR IT, CANNOT AFFORD THAT. SO HP TECH SAID USE SECOND PC TO MAKE A FLASH DRIVE . (I MADE CD'S WHEN I FIRST GOT IT BUT THEY DID NOT WORK). SO GOT A FLASH DRIVE WTH 32GIGS (I THOUGHT SHE SAID I NEEDED AT LEAST 20 GIGS) COPIED THE RECOVERY PROGRAM, NOW THE USB WILL NOT OPEN. FROM AN EARLIER WRITTER HE WAS TOLD TO F10 BIOS, ESC LOOP FOR BOOT OPTIONS TO SEE IF USB FLASH DRIVE IS THERE. MY PROBLEM ITS NOT ON MY PC SO HOW DO I ADD IT SO THE USB WILL OPEN.
RIGHT NOW PC IN A LOOP WHEN POWERED ON HP AND TIME COMES UP, LITTLE WHILW A BLOCK WITH HP/DAT/TIME COMES UP AND A CMD ON BOTTOM OF SCREEN, IT GOES BY TOO FAST T CLICK ON IT AND GOES BACK TO HP LOGO. IF I COULD ADD USB FLASH AS AN OPTION IT MIGHT MAKE IT OPEN ANY HELP APPRECIATED.

The flash drive is not going to show up if it is not bootable. To make a bootable Recovery on flash you have to use Recovery Manager just like you do to create cd/dvd Recovery.
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