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I have a SanDisk 16G pen drive.
It is not being detected as Removable drive but as a Local disk.
I have tried formatting it with FAT32 but it didn't work.
How do I change it back so that it is being detected as Removable Media?
user241804
Posted 2013-07-30T04:39:20.070
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Follow this link, it is a SanDisk support page that answers your question:
Historically, flash drives have been configured as removable disks and Windows Explorer displays them as 'Removable Media'. Windows 8 Certification requires flash drive manufacturers to configure flash drives as fixed disks. Flash drives configured as fixed disk will show up in Windows Explorer as 'Hard Disk Drives'. Flash drives configured as fixed disks still function the same as those configured as removable disks.
You can still connect and disconnect the flash drives from the USB port without having to power off the computer. You can also still use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' feature when disconnecting.
Eric Chang
Posted 2013-07-30T04:39:20.070
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– DanteTheEgregore – 2013-10-05T07:46:59.313
"I have tried formatting it with fat32 but it didn't work." How, precisely, did you try? What went wrong? And -- why do you care? What difference does it make? – David Schwartz – 2013-10-05T07:32:04.237