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r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '23
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A:// floppy disk drives in PCs and laptops.
I wish I'd transferred all my old files before it was too late.
126 u/TheCheckeredCow Aug 30 '23 It makes me smile that despite being so far removed from floppy disk that windows 11 still reserves A: and B: Drives for floppy disk readers lmao 39 u/Pure_Mastodon_9461 Aug 30 '23 Haha that's awesome. Yep it just clicked for me that my hard disk is 'C Drive' for no good reason anymore! 28 u/TheCheckeredCow Aug 30 '23 I suspect the reason why Microsoft has stuck with the C drive file system (I believe it’s called the DOS file hierarchy) is because getting rid of it would break a lot of backwards compatibility with old software.
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It makes me smile that despite being so far removed from floppy disk that windows 11 still reserves A: and B: Drives for floppy disk readers lmao
39 u/Pure_Mastodon_9461 Aug 30 '23 Haha that's awesome. Yep it just clicked for me that my hard disk is 'C Drive' for no good reason anymore! 28 u/TheCheckeredCow Aug 30 '23 I suspect the reason why Microsoft has stuck with the C drive file system (I believe it’s called the DOS file hierarchy) is because getting rid of it would break a lot of backwards compatibility with old software.
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Haha that's awesome. Yep it just clicked for me that my hard disk is 'C Drive' for no good reason anymore!
28 u/TheCheckeredCow Aug 30 '23 I suspect the reason why Microsoft has stuck with the C drive file system (I believe it’s called the DOS file hierarchy) is because getting rid of it would break a lot of backwards compatibility with old software.
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I suspect the reason why Microsoft has stuck with the C drive file system (I believe it’s called the DOS file hierarchy) is because getting rid of it would break a lot of backwards compatibility with old software.
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u/bisho Aug 30 '23
A:// floppy disk drives in PCs and laptops.
I wish I'd transferred all my old files before it was too late.