Hello-I am having the same problem. However, I am unable to perform Steps 5&6 because my flash drive is not displayed in step5 and Next is greyed out. I get the drive on my computer and I formatted it to NTFS.
Can't create recovery drive on this PC
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Anonymous
Hi guys,
Just tried to create a recovery USB drive. But I find that "We can't create a recovery drive on this PC. Some required files are missing. To troubleshoot problems when your PC can't start, use your Windows installation disc or media."
Uh?
Is a fresh Windows 8 x64 (RTM) installation. Only thing that I can think of is it has UEFI and Secure Boot enabled.
Ideas?
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2013-03-08T19:02:51+00:00 All the Advanced Startup Options should be accessible from the Retail DVD.
How To Access Advanced Startup Options in Windows 8
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows-8/a/open-advanced-startup-options-windows-8.htm
Like I said earlier, the Recovery Drive can be created on any Windows 8 machine. That being the case, it is not a big deal to be broken on your machine as it would only be used once or twice in its lifetime.
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Anonymous
2013-03-08T13:34:36+00:00 What? My installation is a fresh installation. And no, the original disc it's not a requirement. (tough I do have it and it doesn't ask for it)
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Anonymous
2013-03-05T16:57:46+00:00 I have a completely different system MB and still have the problem! The provided instruction is zero help. I have the same problem as everyone else. Please get someone to look at the problem, not repeat the instructions that come from the create a recover drive. They don't work for a lot of people running windows 8 from MS approved machines.
Rich
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Anonymous
2013-02-22T22:49:34+00:00 Well either the Master Boot Record (more likely) or the Boot Configuration Data got messed up because of the clone. There was nothing wrong with the drive or installation, I was simply migrating over. Today I used Visual BCD to go through and try and clean up my BCD, which I have managed successfully, but it hasn't fixed the problem.
I have made some progress though. Even though I still can't create the recovery drive/see advanced startup options, I managed to get REAgentC enabled by using the setreimage option to point to a hidden folder in C:\Recovery which contained Winre.wim. Then with the boottore option I managed to get into Windows RE on a reboot.