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minus-squareColdWater@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoWhat’s drive letters?
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoIn inferior operating systems they refer to mountpoints as “drive letters”. “C” is like “root”
minus-squareScolding7300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHard drive, e.g. C:, D:, etc. From what I gather from the headline
minus-squareTrigger2_2000@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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”
Hard drive, e.g. C:, D:, etc. From what I gather from the headline
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.