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That depends on how many drives or virtual drives you have on your computer. Mainly the C: drive has Windows on it, if you only have a C: drive all your information and programs go here, but if you have multiple drives C: drive should be mainly for your Windows operating system.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoThis depends, generally the C drive is where Windows (the operating system), your programs, and your own personal files (such as the files on your desktop and in "My Documents") are kept. However note that all three of these things can be installed on any drive letter, C is the most commonly used however.
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∙ 9y agoC drive usually refers to the main hard-disk of a computer. It's the place in the computer that stores all your programs, files, pictures, music etc. Its a 'throwback' to when computers had floppy disk drives - which were labelled 'A' and 'B' - in those days it was common to label the hard drive as 'C'. A practice that stuck !
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∙ 16y agoThe "C" Drive is a non-removable drive that stores multiple computer programs and/or documents on the hard drive of the CPU.
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What drive is a computers hard drive?
Typicly, in a majority of PC's, The main drive of a computer, the default storage and boot location is the C:/ Drive.You can See this on "My Computer" option.Default Hard Drive: C:/
Where is your computers recycling bin?
Go to my computer and erase the c drive. Congrats!
How many GB does a c drive hold?
Depending how how large your hard drive is - computers these days have from 250GB to 2TB
What are the storage devices in c?
C is your computers actual hard drive. It is where the data is stored as well as your operating system.
Where is os stores in desktop computers?
OS is stored bydefault in C: drive of Your computer
Why can not you get on Runescape?
Just remove your Cache from your computers C: drive, and restart Runescape Client.
Why don't most computers have a B drive?
You can rename it to A, B, or C. C: is just default, it will let you pick when you set up your OS.
What partition is used to boot the system?
This is most often the system partition, or the "C" drive, alternatives include the optical drive if you select that drive, or the floppy disk drive ("A" Drive) on older computers.
3 Explain the difference between the A C and H Drive?
C-drive is usually the main drive that the computer uses for its system software and most programs. NEVER re-format your C-Drive or your computer will not work. A-drive is a floppy external drive. However, most computers will boot up with A-Drive if there is a disk in the drive. H-drive is usually an external driver or a Memory Stick that can be removed from the computer.
When saving a disk save to drive a or c?
In Windows, Drive C: is the first hard drive.On the PC compatibles (DOS then Windows, which was a program running under DOS), drive A: was reserved for the first floppy disk drive and B: for the second floppy disk drive. Drive C: was reserved for the first hard drive.Many computers don't even have floppy drives anymore, but the first hard drive is still labeled C:
Why is the hard drive called c?
In the old days, computers had floppy drives. They usually had two, so you could put a program disk in drive A, and a data disk in drive B.Later computers kept two drives so they could support both formats: 5 1/4 inch, and 3 1/2 inches. By this time, hard drives were universal, and almost always installed as the C drive.AnswerOriginally, computers used floppy drives. The first drive was called "A:", then computers had 2 drives, A and B. Then... hard drives
Why does my OS C drive have more memory than your Data D drive?
your drive C:// usually is your hard disk, but d:// is your disk drive (usually). in some cases computers may have more disks (c, d and e drives), in which case the OS disk is probably bigger because your operating system takes up a lot of the space.
