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minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoWhat’s drive letters?
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoIn inferior operating systems they refer to mountpoints as “drive letters”. “C” is like “root”
minus-squareTrigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDrive Letters are also for removable media (floppy disks, CD/DVD drives, others [magneto-optical drives, etc), not to mention network drives. Not just Fixed Disks (hard drives). It’s just an easy way to specify one disk from another.
What’s drive letters?
In inferior operating systems they refer to mountpoints as “drive letters”. “C” is like “root”
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Drive Letters are also for removable media (floppy disks, CD/DVD drives, others [magneto-optical drives, etc), not to mention network drives. Not just Fixed Disks (hard drives).
It’s just an easy way to specify one disk from another.