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ummm a ? c d where is drive B?

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by IH8PunkRock, Jun 27, 2006.

  1. IH8PunkRock Newcomer, in training Posts: 29

    ok my friend noticed there is no drive b. recently i was looking in my bios and i found something about drive B. so what is a drive B and what is it used for?
    IH8PunkRock, Jun 27, 2006
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  2. fastco Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,511

    Drive B is for a floppy drive if you have one.....
    fastco, Jun 27, 2006
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  3. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    Fastco is quite correct.

    Letters A and B are reserved for floppy drives.

    If you had two floppy drives, one would have the drive letter "A", while the other would be assigned the drive letter "B".

    Regards Howard :)
    howard_hopkinso, Jun 27, 2006
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  4. IH8PunkRock Newcomer, in training Posts: 29

    ok i was hoping it was some secret drive that had some odd disc or somethin.
    IH8PunkRock, Jun 27, 2006
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  5. confused001 Newcomer, in training Posts: 142

    Back in the old days, they had something called a 5 1/2 floppy drive. The disks were very flat, and floppy, hence the name. These floppy drives were very large, and they could not hold much information. They took it out, and they just left the letter there.
    confused001, Jun 28, 2006
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