USB drive only mounts as Local Drive Need it to mount as USB Drive to create recovery drive

subject pretty much says it all. Using an HP Sleekbook 15, it tells me to make recovery disk. I opt for the USB drive option and buy a new Sandisk Cruze Glide. Plugged it in. Started Recovery program to make disk. Program tells me to insert the USB drive or plugin my DVD burner. I check the file explorer and find the USB drive is mounted as Local Drive E:. No amount of inserting and removal will trigger the program to continue.
Doc read on SanDisk forum implied this is a windows 8 compatibility issue where Win 8 requires new USB drives that meet Win 8 compatibility to mount as Local devices.
I saw here that the USB drive MUST be a removable device inorder to be made bootable.
Help! this is inconsistant and negates the whole reason for using removable media if it can't be made to be seen as a boot recovery drive.
I need a solution, can those who know please advise.

Not all USB 3.0 is Windows 8 compatible. It will have the compability logo on the back or front of the package.
I have run across several interesting articles that mention Windows 8 can create the Recovery Drive with I assume any flash drive.
http://lifehacker.com/5991431/how-to-create-a-recovery-flash-drive-for-windows-8-and-free-up-some-ha...
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/create-a-recovery-drive-in-windows-8/7261
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