Windows 10: Cannot create recovery drive usb from Win 10 OS on new cloned ssd?

I have been trying to create a recovery drive for my Asus 703 laptop running win 10. I cloned the previous 256 gb ssd to a new samsung 500 gb ssd and wanted to create a recovery drive and cannot stalls or get message recovery files not there so want to repair the win 10 OS on the new drive. I still have the original 256 and the usb ssd connector so wondered if I could somehow use that on the Asus laptop by connecting it by usb to create the recovery drive that could be used to repair the 500?As I'm not a techie but have some knowledge so step by step please how to go about it once 256 ssd i

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recovery partition/USB on new hard drive, Keeping OS on old hard drive, re-installing Windows 10

1. If a wish to clone my HDD to my SSD to make it the boot drive, and then remove the HDD from the PC, can I include the recovery partition in the cloning process? Is it something specific to the hard drive it's on, and wouldn't work on a different hard drive?
2. LIkewise, can a recovery USB made from the OS booting from the HDD be used for all its recovery related operations on the new SSD as well, or is it specific to the HDD?
3. After the cloning process is complete and the OS is booting up from the SSD without problem, could I leave the OS on my HDD and use it as a sort of 'back up' OS, in that if there were ever any probelm with the SSD, I could just remove it and re-install
   the HDD and boot from it? If relevant, the windows 10 licence is OEM.
4. I have read that it is
   no longer possible to reinstall Windows 10 from the recovery USB drive. If so, how would a person go about reinstalling Windows 10 on their PC when required? Is there any option other than the media creation tool?

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Failure to create a SSD Recovery drive Windows 10

Hello Phil,

We would like to know more about the challenge you're experiencing with
creating a recovery drive for your Windows 10 PC. Kindly answer the following questions:

• Did the issue start after upgrading to Windows 10 Version 1709 and migrating to an SSD?
• What is the exact error message you encountered when creating a recovery drive?
  
• Can you tell us more about the USB device that you're going to use as a recovery drive? Is it a regular USB drive?
• What device were you using when you previously created a recovery drive?
• Are you experiencing the same issue when using a different USB drive?
• What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?

 

Win 10 Create Recovery Drive process fails to find thumb drive

After formatting a 4GB thumb drive and launching the Create Recovery Drive process via the Win 10 Control Panel Recovery option, it fails to list an available drive. Instead, it cranks for about 30 seconds and comes back with,

We can't create the recovery drive

A problem occurred while creating the recovery drive.

I've tried plugging the USB drive into both a 2.0 and 3.0 USB port: No difference.

I've tried inserting a fresh disc into my DVD drive: No luck there either.

I've created a Win 10 ISO file and re-installed the OS: No help.

Running out of ideas...