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why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by Xplosiv999 on Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:58 pm
Dear Yahoo!:
Why is it that computers never have a "B" drive?
George
Grand Blanc, Michigan
Dear George:
We found the answer to your question, along with several tangents on PC drive letters, on the discussion boards at StorageReview.com. This computer forum is exceptionally civil and informative.
The answer goes back to the glory days of floppy discs and DOS. The early DOS operating system designated two drives, A and B, strictly for floppy drives. Why? Because many early computers didn't have native hard drives -- they booted from Drive A, and ran applications from Drive B.
Later, as computers came with hard drives, the second floppy drive became a useless appendage -- the computer equivalent of an appendix. To avoid confusion during the evolutionary window when computers with new hard drives coexisted beside computers with two floppies, the hard drives were given the "C" slot.
Technically speaking, the "computer" isn't missing the B drive, it's just that later Microsoft operating systems have omitted it as unnecessary. You can read more about the ins and outs of archaic drive systems at Microsoft Support.
Why is it that computers never have a "B" drive?
George
Grand Blanc, Michigan
Dear George:
We found the answer to your question, along with several tangents on PC drive letters, on the discussion boards at StorageReview.com. This computer forum is exceptionally civil and informative.
The answer goes back to the glory days of floppy discs and DOS. The early DOS operating system designated two drives, A and B, strictly for floppy drives. Why? Because many early computers didn't have native hard drives -- they booted from Drive A, and ran applications from Drive B.
Later, as computers came with hard drives, the second floppy drive became a useless appendage -- the computer equivalent of an appendix. To avoid confusion during the evolutionary window when computers with new hard drives coexisted beside computers with two floppies, the hard drives were given the "C" slot.
Technically speaking, the "computer" isn't missing the B drive, it's just that later Microsoft operating systems have omitted it as unnecessary. You can read more about the ins and outs of archaic drive systems at Microsoft Support.
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Spanish: Se llama plástica porqué no es absorbente, asno tonto.
Portuguese: Chamou o plástico porque não é absorvente, burro.
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Re: why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by Nightingale on Thu Jun 19, 2008 8:15 pm
...ok
Well, I would like to see things your way, but I cant get my head that far up my ass.
My political opinion on the second amendment is that we shouldn't bear arms, we should arm bears.
During the summer I bring cement to the beach, make a sand castle out of it, and wait for kids to try to kick it down.
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My political opinion on the second amendment is that we shouldn't bear arms, we should arm bears.
During the summer I bring cement to the beach, make a sand castle out of it, and wait for kids to try to kick it down.
Do the voices in my head bother you?
A penny saved is a GOVERNMENT OVERLOOK\
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Re: why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by Xplosiv999 on Thu Jun 19, 2008 11:10 pm
i asked pheonix and he didnt know, so i posted this (even though he probably wont see it for a few months.......)
English: It's called plastic because it's non-absorbant, dumb@$$.
Spanish: Se llama plástica porqué no es absorbente, asno tonto.
Portuguese: Chamou o plástico porque não é absorvente, burro.
_____
Spanish: Se llama plástica porqué no es absorbente, asno tonto.
Portuguese: Chamou o plástico porque não é absorvente, burro.
_____
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Re: why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by kowl slaw on Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:47 am
ok, thats pretty interesting....
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Re: why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by kowl slaw on Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:58 am
Xplosiv999 wrote:i asked pheonix and he didnt know, so i posted this (even though he probably wont see it for a few months.......)
wait wait wait....then why didnt you just e-mail it or something?
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Re: why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by Xplosiv999 on Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:12 am
cuz i thought other ppl might b interested.
English: It's called plastic because it's non-absorbant, dumb@$$.
Spanish: Se llama plástica porqué no es absorbente, asno tonto.
Portuguese: Chamou o plástico porque não é absorvente, burro.
_____
Spanish: Se llama plástica porqué no es absorbente, asno tonto.
Portuguese: Chamou o plástico porque não é absorvente, burro.
_____
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Re: why dont computers have B:/ drives?
by kowl slaw on Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:13 pm
ok
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