![]() NOTE: SanDisk does NOT support configuring flash drives as bootable device for running an OS. You can also still use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' feature when disconnecting.Įxample: New SanDisk Cruzer configured as Fixed DiskĮxample: Old SanDisk Cruzer Configured as Removable Disk You can still connect and disconnect the flash drives from the USB port without having to power off the computer. Historically, flash drives have been configured as removable disks and Windows Explorer displays them as 'Removable Media'. Flash drives configured as fixed disk will show up in Windows Explorer as 'Hard Disk Drives'. NOTE: There is no tool available to change SanDisk Cruzer USB Drives between fixed and removable disk configuration. While it should recognize a flash drive at the low-level hardware no matter what file system is installed, it will likely not show it 100 correctly if it is using NTFS instead of FAT32. Windows 98 typically uses FAT32, whereas later versions of Windows support NTFS. ![]() SanDisk USB Drives with either configuration will work the same when used for data storage on Windows PC and Mac computers. Can Windows 98 read USB flash drives File System. At the end of 2013, SanDisk reverted back to producing USB Drives configured as removable disk. In mid-2013 SanDisk changed production of USB Drives configured as fixed disk to meet a perceived certification requirement.
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