tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post2124534146316657107..comments2024-03-27T05:39:24.505-04:00Comments on Nerdly Pleasures: A: B: and C: (and later D:)Great Hierophanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04409413307024477304noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-7122880235518217712023-03-31T10:19:26.560-04:002023-03-31T10:19:26.560-04:00Are there any accounts or videos of that 8 drive I...Are there any accounts or videos of that 8 drive IDE system? I'd like to see one in operation.Harlandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6993165553021868648.post-11099985524851099912023-01-08T17:47:08.476-05:002023-01-08T17:47:08.476-05:00"Drive C: can be just about anything except a..."Drive C: can be just about anything except a floppy (too small) or an CD/DVD/Blu-ray (not made for rewriting) drive." => Historically, Windows did not have to be installed into C:\WINDOWS, it could be installed in a different directory, even on to another drive altogether. I'm uncertain if Microsoft still supports this config in the more recent versions, but they definitely used to. If SYSTEMDRIVE=D, and Windows is running out of D:\WINDOWS, then C drive might not exist at all – or could conceivably even be a floppy. All that said, I have no doubt heaps of third party software hardcodes C:\WINDOWS, and will just fail completely if it is something else – they are supposed to instead use the SystemRoot environment variable, or the GetWindowsDirectory/GetSystemDirectory APIs, but many don't.Simon Kissanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941945851547545249noreply@blogger.com