Sandisk Cruzer Force 32GB USB recognized as hard drive instead of Removable Storage driver.

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Hi,My sandisk Cruzer Force 32GB USB drive is recognized as hard drive, which shows up in the Hard Disk Drives section instead of Removable Storage section. I would like to know how to fix this. bcoz i wanna to create bootable USB driver.pls help .~

i am using the window 7 32bit .

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There is no fix, it is what it is.  However that should not stop you from making it bootable.  Seach here and on Google for RMPrepUSB.  It’s a utility that can make the drive bootable.

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Many Thx ~!

But i still have something want to know, could u pls teach me how to define USB is recognized removable driver or hard drive when i buy usb next time .~

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The hard drive concept is in support of Microsoft’s Windows 8 To Go concept.  And while Sandisk was supporting that concept for a while it no longer is.  What the difference is in the packaging of the Cruzers to indicate which is which I don’t know.  Sorry.

SanDisk’s RMA may cover returns for this situation.

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I was in the process of making my flash drive bootable, then I exited the command prompt abruptly. Now, my computer doesn’t recognize my flashdrive at all. How do I go about reversing that?

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:smiley:   Hi SaiVal,

_ Dear member of SanDisk Community, welcome. _

I apologize for the delay, in answer you, I hope, be of equal useful.
What happened, is that your message, is lost in another thread, on another subject, and I saw it casually, and caught my attention.

1- I assume, of course, that already revised drivers, and tested the UFD, in other PCs.
The simplest solution is to return it, you have a guarantee:  http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/contact-us/

2- Meanwhile, you can investigate, whether any of these portable utilities (free), can detect your UFD:
    -   USB Flash Format (HP) 2.23
    -  USB Flash Repair (LLF) 2.91
    -  USB Flash Fbinst Tool 1.60
    -  USB Flash BootICE 1.32
For no lose more time, you can download (free) from here: http://filecloud.io/_cpweb34i

 

Luck, and then you tell us, what happened, please.

Regards, Alfred.                                                             (Google translated)