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The A drive used in Windows 8 is a recovery drive, whereby if you ever have a computer virus or glitch there is a backup. It uses both USB flash card and an optical disk.
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Can you install Windows 8 on a 128gb flash drive?
It is possible to install Windows 8 using a USB flash drive with at least 4 GB of space. The process requires creating a Windows 8 ISO, or buying Windows 8 as an ISO, and adjusting the computer's BIOS to boot up from the USB drive rather than the hard drive.
Do you need to have windows 7 on a hard drive before installing Windows 8?
It depends on type of Windows 8 installer. If it is update, you need Windows OS preinstalled. If it is full installer, you can install it on a bard hard drive.
How do you transfer stuff from windows 7 to Windows 8 i have 2 windows on my pc and i want some of my stuff to transfer to Windows 8 is it any program?
Get a USB Flash Drive and get files from Windows 7 and transfer to Windows 8.
What windows is used to make duplicate copy of the data on your hard drive?
Windows 98
What kind of flash drive do you need to save items from Windows Vista?
Any type of Flash drive can be used in Windows Vista.
How does one create a recovery drive in Windows 8?
One method to create a recovery drive in Windows 8 is to open the Charms bar. Once it is open, one should search for "create recovery drive." This will open a visual of the recovery drive. Next, one should click on the "crate recovery drive" under the settings. This will then start the recovery drive wizard.
What does Windows Explorer shows?
Windows Explorer is the file management application in Windows. Windows Explorer can be used to navigate your hard drive and display the contents of the folders and subfolders you use to organize your files on your hard drive.
What is the name of the drive compression utility used by windows 9598?
drivespace
If you install Windows 2000 on an 8-GB hard drive use a single partition for the drive and choose not to use the NTFS file system will Windows 2000 automatically use?
Fat 32
What's an A drive and a C drive?
The letter used by Windows XP (ie a, b, c, d, e etc) is essentially a reference. By default, letters 'a' and 'b' are floppy drives and drive 'c' is the hard drive that the operating systems (Windows XP in this case) is stored. The other letters are used whenever Windows XP detects another drive. if you have a CD/DVD drive in your computer it is liekly to be displayed as drive 'd'.
Which utility is used to partition a new hard drive in windows 98?
FDISK
What is the C drive used for?
Drive 'c' is the hard drive that the operating systems (Windows XP/ Vista/ Win 7 etc) is stored.
