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How to mount a USB thumb drive as "Fixed" instead of "Removable"

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I have over 8 GB in my "Code Library" that I maintain on a 64 GB ScanDisk Ultra Backup USB Device. Windows Search 4.0 (installed on Windows XP) can index removable drives, but Windows 7 (which uses Windows Search 4.0) cannot, because the USB device identifies itself as a Removable drive and Windows…

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Fix for: How to mount a USB thumb drive as "Fixed" instead of "Removable"

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Here's how you can get Windows Search to index a "removable" drive in 7: Create a new folder on one of your hard drives. (i.e.: "C:\Code") Go into the Disk Management, right-click the removable drive and pick "Change Drive Letter and Paths". Click […

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