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mir

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Drive B :

hi guys
i was programming something related to hdd

i was wondering what is the story of drive B ?

battikh

Member

Re: Drive B :

historically (since DOS), drive A and B were reserved for floppy drives...

mir

Member

Re: Drive B :

ah.. i thought drive A was only for floppy drives
i didn't know B kamen

yeah.. stupid  mir

that explains it then .. khamant fi shi khabriyeh geir

thanks battikh for the info

Last edited by mir (September 6 2007)

battikh

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Re: Drive B :

yeah, it's as boring as that, no cool story behind it....

rolf

Member

Re: Drive B :

From the times where computers had 2 floppy drives to make disk copy faster or to be able to read 2 different formats (5 inches and 3 inches). Usually a: was the 5 inches and b: the 3 inches in that case.
Nowadays we dont know what to do with one floppy drive.

Padre

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Re: Drive B :

for my case, drive A was the 3 inches and B the 5 inches, but yeah, B is for the second floppy drive

mezin

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Re: Drive B :

for my case, drive A was the 3 inches and B the 5 inches, but yeah, B is for the second floppy drive

yea same here ..