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Will a floppy disk work on Windows Vista?
Yes. Windows Vista still supports both legacy floppy controllers and modern USB floppy drives.
How do you create security for CD Floppy Drives in Windows?
don't leave cd's and floppys in the drives if they are important.
IF The floppy drives light on when the machine is turned on?
Normally, the floppy drive light comes on so the computer can tell if there is a boot disk in there. If there is a floppy in the drive that is not a boot disk the windows will stop loading until the floppy is removed.
How many partitions can be created on Windows 95?
24. That's with A: and B: reserved for the floppy drives. 26 might be possible if you disable the floppy controller in the system.
How many drives can you have in Windows 95?
You can have a maximum number of 26 drives / partitions in Windows 95, one for each letter of the alphabet. A: and B: are reserved for floppy drives. The rest (C: through Z:) can be used for hard drives, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, and other storage devices.
What is the command to change to the floppy drive in MS-DOS?
Floppy drives are identified by drive letters A and B. To change between them, simply enter CD A: or CD B:
How many floppy drives does a computer have?
Computers made today generally do not have any floppy drives at all. PCs traditionally had 2 floppy drives (A: and B:) but might have only one of these. The original Mac had 1 floppy drive. Early microcomputers could frequently have as many as 4 floppy drives. (I had one with this capability but I never connected more than 3 floppy drives, these were 8 inch double sided double density drives).
What are the letters associated with these drives?
In the 'old days', micro-computers didn't have drives. They used tape storage, etc. When 'floppy' drives began to be used (late 70's) they needed to be assigned some value so you could say which one to read from or write to. Someone (I'm not sure who) decided on using the letters 'A' through 'Z' for them. Most computers would only have had one or two floppy drives, so they typically were assigned to 'A' and 'B'. When 'hard' drives began to appear they also needed to be assigned a value, and because 'A' and 'B' were likely to already be used the hard drive was assigned to 'C'. Later additional hard drives may have been installed and they would be assigned 'D', 'E', etc. So you will probably notice that if your computer has a floppy drive it will be designated as 'A', and your hard drive will be designated as 'C'. The usage of letters is Windows way of telling the different drives apart. A:\ is usually designated for a 3.5" floppy disk, B:\ is usually designated for a 5.25" floppy disk, C:\ is generally assigned to the hard drive and is what Windows is installed on. D:\ is generally assigned to a CD-ROM. Depending on your own computer, this may or may not hold true (e.g. if you have 2 hard drives, one may be assigned D:\ and your CD-ROM drive E:\).
Give me drive letters in your computer?
C: D: E: F: G: H: I: and so on, and so on.... Letters A and B were used for floppy drives, which are obsolete now.
What is known as the C drive?
In MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, the C drive is the primary local hard disk. Drives A and B are floppy disks; other drives may be assigned letters D through Z by the system. Other operating systems no longer use this antiquated naming system.
What are floppy diskette drives?
Floppy diskette drives read and write information to a single rotating disk that can be removed from the drive.
Can you restrict the use of floppy or CD-ROM drive?
Yes. Check out these two policy settings: User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer | Hide these specified drives in My Computer And User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Explorer | Prevent access to drives from My Computer
