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Hi everyone,

My printer is an HP Photosmart 6520 and is connected via USB cable.
In disk management, this is referred to as disk 2 (interchangeable) !!
When powered on the printer is mounted as I: drive !!
Removing the drive letter in disk management or registry solves this inconvenience only temporarily.

Why does Windows 10 define this as a removable disk?


Hubert
This is down to how Windows 10 handles USB drivers. Anything that uses a USB /MediaCard port will be assigned as a removable drive, there's no harm in it, it's just the way it works.
(06-22-2017, 07:16 PM)GuiltySpark Wrote: [ -> ]This is down to how Windows 10 handles USB drivers. Anything that uses a USB /MediaCard port will be assigned as a removable drive, there's no harm in it, it's just the way it works.

OK, thanks