Why is my USB Drive Always Labeled in Capital Letters?

I have a SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16 GB USB Drive, and when ever I'm on any Mac or PC, it's always in capital letters. Name goes from "SanDisk USB" to "SANDISK USB". Is there anyway to enable it to label in lower case letters?

Ameen J. wrote:
I have a SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16 GB USB Drive, and when ever I'm on any Mac or PC, it's always in capital letters. Name goes from "SanDisk USB" to "SANDISK USB". Is there anyway to enable it to label in lower case letters?
Because it is formatted as MSDOS (FAT32)

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