Gone are those days when owning a computer is a luxury. Nowadays, it seems that every person owns one. With the advancement in technology, computers have become a necessity and thus, the number of computer owners is on the increase.

However, there is one incredible feature in this machine and it looks like some of us have not noticed. Those of us who have never bothered to know the reason behind it. I’m talking about the hard drive. If you check your computer’s default hard drive, you’ll notice that it’s named “C”. Have you ever wondered the reason behind it? Why not ‘A’ or ‘B’?

Here’s the answer:

Prior to the invention of hard disk drives, floppy disks were used as storage devices which came into existence in the 1960’s. Floppy disks had two sizes 5 1/4″ and 3 1/2″. Those floppy disks were called Local Disk (A) and Local Disk (B). Floppy disk of size 8 inch was produced after the invention of hard disk drives. At present, floppy disk drive has replaced floppy disks. This is the reason behind the labeling of default hard derive as ‘C’. Drives other than default drive (C) are named D, E etc. DVD drive and USB drive are labelled as F, G etc. With administrative privileges, you can change the default drive (C) to A or B.

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