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		Zirro on Oct 19, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What are the Windows A: and B: drives used for? Partially. I am old enough to remember computers with one floppy drive (for old software, explaining the A:-position), but too young to have experienced the times when you needed two.

gutsy on Oct 19, 2013 | [–]

You never NEEDED two. All two did was make it easier to copy disks, and sometimes make it so you changed disks less often.

agildehaus on Oct 19, 2013 | [–]

I'm from the time when A: meant 3.25" and B: meant 5.25", but you certainly didn't need a B:.

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