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Because A and B are reserved for floppy drives.

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Q: Why computer partition started with c drive?
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What is the difference between drive c and d on the computer hardrive?

c: is that partition of ur harddisk from where ur system boots and d drive is any other partition.


Where is the partition table on a hard drive found?

Most of the time the boot partition and the system partition are the same partition on the drive C.


Where is the partition table found on the hard drive found?

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