Fixed Disk vs Removable Drive for Music Playing

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I just replaced my old 32G Cruzer (which I lost) with a new one.

I use the Cruzer as a Music player in my car. I plug it into my laptop, Windows Media syncs my entire library, then I plug it into my car & it’s seen as an MP3 player. It worked flawlessly.

The new Cruzer because it’s recognized as a fixed disk is not seen by Windows Media at all & incapable of syncing my music library. I can copy my library but I store all my music encoded at MP3 320bps & that’s too large for my car. When Windows Media syncs it reduces the file sizes to something more manageable.

I’ve read your other posts and I understand that you’re stuck with Microsoft’s new stupid initiative that removable storage should be seen by the system as non-removable storage. I will not try to understand the logic there. I’m assuming there’s a bug in Windows 8 & it’s easier to force the entire storage industry to change than fix the bug.:confounded:

My question is that given my purpose for the Cruzer, have I just purchased a brick? Should I just toss it in the garbage & buy something from another manufacturer or is there some kind of workaround?

Thanks for your help. I do appreciate the grief this initiative is causing you. Maybe you should just go back to Microsoft & tell them it’s a stupid idea to make removable drives pretend to be fixed and you won’t comply.

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Years ago when flash drives were Removable there were a couple of apps that allowed the config to be changed to Fixed.  I suspect at some point there will be an app that supports changing Fixed to Removable.  If we see it we will post a link to it.

In the interim you can throw your 32 GB drive in my waste basket and look for one that doesn’t have Windows 8 support, hopefully a SanDisk or a different brand.  Another option would be returning your 32GB drive to the store and exchange it for a different model.

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Hi 

Do you know if anything was ever released to change a fixed USB back to Removable? We have a similar problem with playing audio through an MP3 player and it not recognising the fixed drives? 

thanks 

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Anyone here? One of my friends is getting this but so far, I’m unable to look up anything online about this.

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http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/Need-to-convert-fixed-disk-pendrive-into-flash-disk-removable/m-p/306043/highlight/true#M6246

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I know I’m being dense here but can anyone tell me how to transfer music in itunes libraries into me computer so that I can then transfer from computer to iexpand?

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