Create a Recovery Drive does not recognize my USB flash drive.

I have the same issue. Brand new Dell G15. Brand new 32GB flash. Formatted to FAT32. Scanned, and found no errors. Create program does not recognize it in either port. (Windows updates up-to-date).

Thoughts? (other than "Windows is ****"?)

I have the same issue. Nothing wrong with the flash drive for any other Windows operations, just when creating a recovery drive. I've carried out all of the steps specified but to no avail. I've tried several different USB drives as well.

I've managed to create a reovery drive successfully on my Windows 11 laptop recently so it would appear to be a problem that is specific to my PC...

Same thing here. Brand new PC, Win 11 Pro, Brand new USB 3.2 Flash DriveTried FAT32 & NTFS formatting (after trying & reformatting 3 other USB flash drives). Suggestions, anyone?

I have the same issue. Brand new Dell G15. Brand new 32GB flash. Formatted to FAT32. Scanned, and found no errors. Create program does not recognize it in either port. (Windows updates up-to-date).

Thoughts? (other than "Windows is ****"?)

I am experiencing the same issue with a brand new Dell XPS8960. In was able to create one USB Recovery Drive and unable to create a second using a newer formatted 32GB SanDisk. Have used several USB ports, restarted and a no go and a reboot with a no go.

What gives?

I have a Thinkpad p14s gen 5 Intel w/ Nvida GPU that came with Windows 11. When I attempt to create a recovery USB drive (whether using a USB3 or USB2 thumbdrive, ranging from the recommended 8GB to 64GB in the single USB A (I think it is a USB 3.2 port) port or via a USB 3.1 adapter plugged into the USB C (USB 4) port, and while it should NOT matter a bit since it is going to erase the content of the drive (not just a partition/file system, but the entire drive) I have tried it w/ a brand new but empty GPT partition table and no partitions, or with a single partition, and it doesn't not matter what file system I put on it using a different computer or even using my laptop--the other software seems to see the USB drive just fine.

This isn't at all seeming like a problem w/ the drive, the driver, the file system, the partition or the partition table.

Obviously, telling the user to put in a USB drive and then doing nothing after they comply is just sloppy user experience design. The fact that it just sits there in mute insolence, and this has been an oft repeated problem since Windows 10 w/ the same instructions that didn't work before being offered (and which the person reporting the problem typically reports didn't correct the problem) is poor customer service.

Has anyone at Microsoft figured out the root cause of this problem and found a work around or better way to create a system-restore USB?

I am just going to go w/ 3rd party options and then just go back to using openSUSE/KDE Plasma 6. Its a lot easier to use, much easier to customize, more robust, and Windows 11 still is playing catchup. If Baldurs Gate 3 will run w/o Windows 11, I am w/o a reason to bother!