Sandisk Extreme 64GB - make it a fixed drive?

Hi, I would like to use my 64GB Extreme as a Windows 8 To Go host. However, this does not seem possible unless the drive can be made to be seen as fixed rather than removable. Please may soemone from Sandisk advise if it is possible to do this? Regds, JR

The MBR doesn't use a partition. And not having Win 8 I'm not sure what it's setup is but on Windows 7 some installs create a separate partition for the bootmgr file. But that is not a requirement since I have Win 7 machines that aren't configured that way. I was under the impression that the Win 8 to Go was an image file that got loaded to RAM then booted. Am I wrong about that? BTW This might be a better forum to discuss this situation: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showforum=37 With the help of the folks there all my USB drives are bootable, including the U3 ones which still have U3 on them. And some boot multiple systems on them. But all have only 1 partition. PS At the very least review the steps to create Win to Go USB on the link I wrote earlier: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=24885 It doesn't say anything about a FAT partition.

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