Cannot Create Recovery Drive in Windows 8.1

Seasons Greetings all, I’ve tried to search other related posts on creating a recovery drive in Windows 8.1 but was not able to get past my current state. I am using Windows 8.1 Pro upgraded from 8. I wanted to create a recovery drive but ran into a roadblock. Using a 64 bit ISO image I mounted, I converted the *install.esd* file from the “sources” folder to *install.wim* format. Below are...