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- DISK DRIVES
-
- ; Your computer stores information ... usually on disk drives.
- There are two highly popular types of drives: for floppy disks and
- for fixed disks.
-
- ; If you have a microcomputer with two floppy disk drives ...
- they are probably called Drive A and Drive B.
-
- ; If you have a microcomputer with a fixed disk and it is
- compatible with software written for the IBM PC ... your fixed
- disk is probably called Drive C. Many microcomputers with a fixed
- disk have a floppy Drive A and a fixed disk Drive C.
-
- ; For DOS there is always a default drive. When you are in the
- operating system (but not an application program) there will be a
- prompt on the screen that signals the default drive. A> on the
- screen means that Drive A is your default. C> means Drive C.
-
- ; You can change the default drive by entering the drive letter
- ... adding a ':' (colon) ... and pressing the RETURN key. A: [RETURN]
- would make Drive A your default drive.
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