Ever wondered why your computer’s main hard drive is almost always called the C: drive? It’s a common question, and the answer takes us on a quick trip back in computing history!
Back in the early days of personal computers, floppy disk drives were king! These removable storage devices were assigned the very first drive letters: A: and B:. Drive A: was typically for the primary floppy drive, and B: was for a secondary one, if you had it.
Then, along came the hard drive, a much faster and larger storage solution that was built directly into your computer. Since A: and B: were already taken by the floppy drives, the hard drive naturally became the next available letter in the alphabet: C:.
Even though floppy drives are now largely a thing of the past, the convention stuck! Modern operating systems continued to assign C: as the default letter for the primary hard drive, or the drive where your operating system is installed. So, it’s a legacy from computing’s early days that lives on!