X1 Carbon USB recovery media unbootable

Hi guys.
I just attempted to create a set of recovery media for a new X1 Carbon. Basically I took a 32GB USB flash drive and had the recovery media creation tool write both the boot files and the rest of the data files to it.
Since the software wasn't exactly clear about whether the former would get overwritten by the latter and it would be rather lame to have to use a second flash drive when I have one that can hold all the needed files, I decided to give it a try.
The result wouldn't boot, however, even though it contains some files that look like they might be boot-related. I then wanted to retry the process with two separate flash drives only to be told that I am allowed to create just one set of recovery disks. (Absolutely brilliant engineering here.)
So, am I now left with a non-bootable flash drive and no way to create recovery media?
Also, while we're at it... when the software says the recovery media are only usable on the machine they're created on, does this actually mean they refuse to run on any other machine of the same type and I really have to create a separate set of recovery media for each individual laptop? (Because we have a number of them here.)
Up to now I assumed this was more like "they will technically work, but you're not allowed to use them on a machine you don't have a matching Windows license for". But since Lenovo apparently decided to be maximally annoying with their current generation of machines...
Would appreciate any help.
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Here's something I've wanted to try for a while, but don't have a recovery image to test with. Probably a total waste of your time.
Prepare another flash drive per the link I posted above. Copy the contents of the non-booting drive to the newly prepared drive. Make sure all files and folders are visible first.
Give it a try...
I've never quite figured out the dretails of Windows booting mechanism, but the above works for me with Win install and repair media. The drive prep must be creating a bootable MBR.
[edit] Is your X1 BIOS set to UEFI only mode by any chance?
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