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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
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The hard drive can be represented as what?
C drive
Each side or surface of one hard drive platter is called?
Each side, or surface, of one hard drive platter is called a head. Windows Vista technology that supports a hybrid drive is called ready drive.
The hard drive iof a computer is called a what?
It is a mass storage device. They are generally referred to by a letter, such as 'C Drive'.
What is an c drive?
C: drive is the main hard drive on your computer. Hard drives are identified by letter, with C: being reserved for the first bootable drive in a computer.
What does a hard drive and C drive have in common?
They are the same thing. C: is what the computer's operating system calls the hard drive.
The hard disk is usually assigned to drive?
The first hard drive in the computer is usually designated is Drive C:.
Is a hard disk usually a A B C or D drive?
Both letters are for Hard Disk drive because one hard disc is compartmentalized and these are named C drive, D drive & E Drive etc.
What is c and C mean on files on drive?
Main Hard Drive
The hard drive is represented as the?
C Drive
What is the bit for the CD called in a laptop?
It's known on your computer as the CD RW DRIVE. I'm not sure what it's called, but while the hard drive has C:, the DVD drive is D:.
Which drive is the top level of a computer hard drive?
c drive
What is default letter assigned for the primary hard drive?
In Windows, it is called "C:" (without quotes). In Linux, it is called "/" (also without quotes). I don't know about Mac, sorry.
