My PC does not recognize ipad mini as a drive

When I connect my ipad mini to my PC with the provided USB, my PC does not recognize my ipad mini as a hard drive. Under devices on my PC the ipad mini is identified as "Apple Mobile Device". The driver on my PC is "Apple mobile device USB driver". It states that it is working properly and there are no updates for the driver. How can I have my PC recognize the ipad mini as a hard drive?

You can't. It cannot be used as a disk drive. It is accessible through iTunes, only.

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