What is a Drive?

Drives, Files & Folders

What is a Drive?

A drive or disk drive is hardware on which you can store files. Disk drives are assigned a letter.

Drives are used to store data. Almost all computers come with at least two drives: a hard drive (which is used to store large volumes of data) and a floppy drive (which stores smaller volumes of data that can be easily transported from one computer to another). The hard drive is typically designated the C:\ drive and the floppy drive is typically designated the A:\ drive. If you have an additional floppy drive, it is typically designated the B:\ drive. If your hard drive is partitioned or if you have additional drives, the letters D:\, E:\, F:\, and so on are assigned.

• Your hard drive (the drive inside your computer) is known as the (C:) drive.

• Your floppy disk drive is known as the (A:) drive.

• If your computer has a CD ROM drive, it is usually called (D:).

Most computer users store their files on the C drive.

• Double-click My Computer on the desktop.

• Double-click Drive_c (C:).

• View the files on your C drive.

• Close the window.

Note: By default every system has atleast one drive (expect floppy drive) that is C: that is know as primary partition, and the number of drive depends on the number of partition you have on your hard drive. These partitions are known as extended partition.