Windows 10: Window puts my printer in Device Manager under disk drives

Well this is kinda strange, Windows keeps putting my Canon printer in device manager under the disk drive
also puts the printer under printers which is correct. Everytime I uninstall it from under the disk drive location
it puts it back after a reboot. Also get dump files error on usb port, which the printer uses. Printer works fine, but it should not be put under the disk drive in device manager. only way to stop it, is to turn printer off, before I reboot.
Then it doesn't put it under disk drive after I remove it. This is darn strange.... lol

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Disk Drive info showing incorrectly in Device manager

I have had recent printer problems on my PC. I just noticed that my printer is showing up under Disk Drives in Device Manager. It is showing up in the G USB port.

 

USB pendrive not showing up

I recently tried to format a USB Hard drive. The operation failed and showed the message "Windows is not able to format." Then suddenly the device disappeared from the list of Local disks under "Disk management." From that time, my device does not appear
under "Disk Management" as a Local disk. The "Device Manager App" shows "USB Mass storage device" under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers." Its properties are also shown right. It is detected as a device under "Devices and Printers" application also.

I have other USB Hard drives that are working fine on my computer. I do not understand why.

I contacted Sandisk support and they directed me to contact Lenovo support(my PC manufacturer) to download drivers for USB where I saw that no drivers were found for my PC model(Lenovo Thinkpad Twist) for Windows 10.

Please provide me information on how can I access the external hard drive now?

 

Maybe Windows 10 is seeing memory in the printer, set aside for spooler use, as a disk drive? Just a wild guess. Don't have a solution.

 

Does the printer have a memory card slot reader?

 

It would only do that if it has a Memory Card reader built in. It should also show up in Printers if you have installed the software for the printer. Otherwise all Windows is going to see is the Memory Card Reader and nothing else.

 

Yes the printer has two memory card slots in the front. But windows 7 never put this printer in under disk drive. Also never had errors in any of my USB ports. Also the canon does show up in printers too. Tried installing new drivers from canon dated from just a couple months ago. When I go to check after installing new drivers, the MS drivers dated from 2006 are still the default drivers.

 

Almost forgot, one more thing, Windows 10 also puts in as a removable disk too!!!!

 

Windows 10 probably reclassified the memory card reader on the printer to better present to the user the capabilities of the device.

Memory cards are exactly that. Removable "disk" drives.

Don't be alarmed. This is actually a useful update to one of the ways Windows works.

 

This is messing up my 3.0 USB add on card I installed 2 years ago that I use for my Thermaltake BlacX 5 G Goes from working fine to Windows not seeing it. So far if I turn the printer off, reboot, then my external drive works again.

 

Another question is their a FREE driver update utility that works for Windows 10 ?? Maybe that could fix these driver problems.

 

maybe the issue is with the 2 year old 3.0 usb card's drivers, and the Black x5 get bad reviews on newegg.ca for doing what you are describing

 

Well I've had them installed for like I said for 2 years, was NEVER a problem under win 7. Was not a problem under win 10 till these last updates were installed.

 

so now it time for the usb 3 card make to catch up to the latest win10 I guess ,maybe next update will fix it ,win10 is new don't forget ,and just may have been released to soon ,maybe uninstall the last updates till next updates fixes it

 

Well I agree with this statement 100% sir!! I know exactly what you mean and totally agree. This is not my 1st rodeo, at 65 years of age used to many versions of windows. But can still get me a tad pissed. *Smile