Satellite C70-A-13D: Cannot create recovery media - error 02016e-3c-0000000

Hi
I am trying to create a recovery flash drive on my new laptop satellite c70-a-13d windows 8 operating system and keep getting the following message
differences were found between the following files z\recovery\install20.swm target path e:\\zzimages\zzimages\install20.swm (error code 02016e_3c_0000000
and the recovery drive creation will not complete any ideas what is wrong ive tried doing it a few times --the flash drive is a toshiba transmemory 16gb uhybs-o16gh
Any help would be appreciated,
i am loathe to buy discs just to have the same problem with them too!

Try please to create recovery DVD. Few empty discs are not expensive. If the same problem happen again I recommend you to contact nearest Toshiba service provider in your country and explain the situation. It is not your fault and maybe you will get new recovery disc for free.
Just dont delete anything on the HDD.

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You can have only one copy of the Microsoft Windows operation system. The Product Recovery Media Creator will exit now.
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Hi chadnc
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Cannot Create Recovery Media - USB

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Here’s how I got my Toshiba to create recovery media on a USB drive that gave the following message:
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How to create Recovery media as USB

Hi, Toshiba support told me to buy new recovery media from www.backupmedia.toshiba.eu for my Satellite t110.
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Okay, for anybody else this could help...
Go to Control Panel...
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Hello!
I own a ThinkPad W700ds, though I'd imagine that my question would be just as well answered if it were a W700... Please, any help would be great!
I purchased a 'used' W700ds with Windows Vista Business (COA and recovery partition intact, but no media supplied). The laptop was advertised with RAID0 but I was always dubious that it was set up correctly. I spent some time investigating it this afternoon and noticed that the BIOS was not configured correctly - It was set to AHCI rather than RAID.
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I repeated step 3 & 4 above, selecting RAID1 instead. Exactly the same issue.
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I have done some research and it would seem that in the RAID drivers are not included in the recovery media and this is the reason for the BSOD. I have included some of the numerous websites that I have read, both for your perusal and, in some way, to verify that I have really spent some time considering this issue before requesting help.
The recovery media that I have created is all that I have - Is there any 'self-contained' way for me to enable RAID? I'd prefer RAID1 (I would favour redundancy over speed) but would be happy with RAID0 if this is not possible. It seems a terrible shame that Lenovo (aware - and obviously not 'intended' as using alterative installation media is considered a 'work around') offer the opportunity of creating recovery media, which cannot be used to reinstall Windows using a valid configuration.
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http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=SF08-D0154
http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=SF08-D0109
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Hi LavaChild, welcome to the forum,
here's a thread missing from your list where I describe how I have done this in the past using recovery discs created from the system.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/How-to-enable-RAID-0-on-my-W700/m-p/82856#M2048
That said I remember a rather long thread where one member had difficulties going this route, the solution turned out to be that for whatever reason their optical drive didn't want to play ball. Unfortunately I haven't found it after a quick search. I'll give it another shot tomorrow.
Edit; found the thread, it was about creating a RAID1 on a W700ds, but the steps aren't really any different. Please note the solution.
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Re-Can-t-Set-Up-Raid1-on-W700ds-with-Windows-7-...
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