I agree with MrMikeCH. Sandisk needs to supply a tool to change the bit.
Years ago the difference between a removable USB drive and a fixed one was a bit, now days, especially with the Windows to Go drives it’s a whole new chip architecture. ie it’s more than a bit difference.
This was not made obvious anywhere on the specs page
Was it made obvious on the packaging? SanDisk no longer makes the local disk drives anymore but those that they did make are still being sold by parties that bought them.