ProDesk 600 create recovery disks - use usb instead

We have just received some HP Prodesk 600 desktop pcs - K1t26AW#ABA - running Win 7 Pro 64 bit - and would like to make system recovery media. The HP program installed has only the option to make recovery disks and requires dual layer DVD's to be used. I have had other HP products that allow recovery media to be created either on DVD or usb. Is there any software fix or utility to allow us to create the ProDesk 600 recovery media on USB instead of dual layer DVD's? We have no dual layer DVD's and have no other use for them so we don't want to order a pack and have most of it laying around unused. Thanks

You can clone the partition to an external usb disk with a cloning utility program. It won't have any effect on the one time usb or DVD recovery media creation limitation.
If I may give a word of advice:
Create a recovery usb flash drive. It is reliable, fast and durable.
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