What is the difference between the C drive and D drive in windows xp?
Hello. You can partition modern large capacity hard disk drives into any number of partitions, C, D, E, etc. for use as data storage or backup drives. Most people use the C: drive for the Windows operating system and installing programs. Since you probably have not altered the hard disk drive yourself due to the nature of your question, the D: drive is used by many manufacturers to serve as the recovery disks. So you would go there if you needed to repair Windows or reinstall Windows and any bloatware that came from your PC manufacturer. Then if you look at the area "Devices with removable storage", these drives can be your DVD/CD, a flash drive, external hard disk drive, or even your card reader from your printer. They are easily recognizable by the icon.
February 24th, 2011 8:52pm

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February 24th, 2011 10:07pm

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:52:38 +0000, Gio12 wrote:What is the difference between the C drive and D drive in windows xp?Your question is rather like asking "what is the difference betweenthe top drawer in the two-drawer file cabinet and the bottom drawer?"They are both places where you can store files and in which drive (ordrawer) you put the files is mostly up to you.The one big exception to what I say above is that the Windows filesare normally on drive C:.Also note that everything I say here pertains to computers in general,not just those running Windows XP.And if C: and D: are partitions on your only physical drive, ratherthan two separate physical drives, you might be interested in readingthis article I've written: "Understanding Disk Partitioning" athttp://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=326Ken Blake (MS MVP)
February 26th, 2011 1:23am

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