printer shows as removable disk drive

Today, after several years of operation, my HP Officejet J6480 started appearing as a removable disk drive, which makes my out-of-date configuration backup USB drive (the designated reader is a letter out now).  I can redo the backup configuration to get around this, but would rather fix the problem.   Still, it will print and fax.  I tried unistalling the material and then put it back, but still have the same question.  How can I get that back to just a printing device and not a removable disk?

Hello

The machine probably uses the card reader on the printer as a reader of withdrawal. You can ALWAYS reassign the external HARD disk drive letter and keep your backup even drive. Please use the tutorial below for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8:

http://www.PCWorld.com/article/2042380/how-to-change-drive-letters-even-when-the-letter-you-want-isn ' t - available.html

Kind regards.

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