Provide list of compatible flash drives to create system restoe

I have purchased 2 different flashdrive to build a system restore backup. Neither are recognized by the softare. Both drives were fat32. Reformatting to NT file format did not help. This HP has been the worst experience ever with any computer.

Hi wishIhadadell,
Welcome to the hp forum!
I understand you have tried 2 different flash drives, formatted at fat 32 and NTFS, and they are not recognized by the software.
Here is a document on Creating Recovery Discs or Saving a Recovery Image to a USB Flash Drive (Windows 8). You will note the flash drive cannot be larger then 32GB. What size were the flash drives you tried? If you require further assistance, would you please provide the exact model on HP computer you have, and the operating system you are running. How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?
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This issue has really been bugging me. For the last year I've been having an issue with every version of Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7). When I insert a flash drive the system will work just fine. When I move a single large file to a flash drive it'll work fine, when I move small files or read small files from a flash drive my entire system hard locks.
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After the check has ended and, if the errors exceed a certain level of seriousness, the Disk Utility application will require you to restart your Mac and use its Mac OS X Install disc counterpart.
Other users may have to reinstall OS X altogether, but will find, or already know, that their SuperDrive (a CD/DVD reader and write combo drive) is not functioning properly and it will not be able to read the Install disc.
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