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Possible Duplicate: ?What happened to the B: drive in Windows and why does the hard drive default to C? ?Can I install Windows 7 in A: or B: partition names? ?
This question is similar to this one: What happened to the B: drive in Windows and why does the hard drive default to C? but a bit different.
I understand why C drive uses that letter back in the days of Floppy Disk. But floppy disk are no longer used. So why is it in a brand new computer the hard drive is still labeled as C drive vs starting at A and then working down.
Answer: As you’ve seen in the other question, lots of computers in the early days had two floppy drives, so they were A: and B:.
It became an industry standard, and there’s no real reason to change it. ?Everyone is used to the C: drive being the main drive, and there is still a lot of software out there that depends on it.