I think you may be stuck. It may be objecting to the hard drive because there's already data on it.  Got a friend who can give/sell you a blank DVD? :emotion-5: Ron    
Hi, I've just set up my new Inspiron Laptop and the "Dell DataSafe Local Backup-Basic Edition" popped up advising me to "Create System Recovery Media" to restore my system back to its original factory settings in the event of a critical hard drive failure. It gives me the option to save this to a Disc or a USB Flash Drive.  I have a "Western Digital My Passport Essential" Portable Hard Drive that I would like to use for this, therefore I selected the USB Flash Drive option.  However, I keep getting a "No USB key detected" message. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to store the System Recovery Backup to my portable hard drive?  (I know a recordable DVD will probably by easier, but I don't have any, and don't want to buy a pack of them just for this!) Any advice gratefully received. Thanks
Dell DataSafe - 'Create System Recovery' won't recognise my USB flash drive