Which is the D: on a Computer?

Question

I am not to clever when it comes to the technical side of things re: computers so could you please explain the difference between C: and D: then that will enable me to give you more in depth details about the files on my D:

Answer 1

It's a drive letter. It's most often the CD/DVD-ROM drive, but it could be another device. Look in "My Computer" to see what it is.

Answer 2

Generally speaking, on a computer, the C: drive is the main hard storage drive. (On some computers the letter of the drives may be different but C: is the most common). The operating system files, documents, other files, music, etc are stored on C: drive. D: is actually partitioned in the C: drive. Basically, the computer has carved off a section of C: and created another separate storage area. Generally it is used for the computer to store files needed to recovery your computer in the event of a major crash.



Caution!! You should never delete, change, or otherwise alter the contents of D: on your computer. You should even get a standard warning when you access D: drive stating "WARNING!! This area of your hard drive (or partition) contains files used for your PC recovery. Do not delete or alter these files. Any change to this partition could prevent any recovery later" or something similar.



Hopefully this answers your question.

Answer 3

You mean C & D for Hard Drives's assigned letters?



If that is the question then: C is the Hard Drive where your Operating System is located by default (but you can change it if you want), A and B are usually assigned to Floppy disks, D can either be another Hard Drive (if you have more than one) or a CD/DVD reader/writer/rewriter usually any letter from D to Z can be assigned to any other device that can be Hard Drives - external kinda usb or firewire connected -, CD/DVDs, network drives and even small memory sticks.



Hope this helps you.

Answer 4

The C: and D: are merely labels of the hardware on the computer. The C drive is most commonly the first hard drive. It simply shows that they are different drives. For instance you could have a DVD drive entitled D: if you only had one hard drive. Though if you had two hard drives it may be called E: as your second hard drive would be entitled D:.



Sorry If that's confusing. Example computer:



---> Hard Drive (C:)

---> Hard Drive (D:)

---> Disk Drive (E:)

---> Disk Drive (F:)

---> Portable Hard Drive (G:)



Another example which is different could be this:



---> Hard Drive (C:)

---> Disk Drive (D:)



Simply that.



Basically it's just a label and there would be no difference if you had two hard drives, or partitions on the computer, if there were different letters.



Apologies if that was confusing.

Answer 5

D is likely to be your DVD drive.



The best way to tell for sure is put an official movie in there and the title will show up next to D drive in My Computer.

Answer 6

On my hp compaq it is the recovery disk,do not touch anything in there consider it taboo unless you are truely an expert.

Answer 7

I agree with above. Usually the disk drive is D: so it may be that.

Answer 8

Well..if your into chatting..its the same as :D and means a big smile, but if your talking about Hard Drives, then there just letters, doesent mean anything, there just used to seperate each Hard Drive, like Labels. I dunno what else ud mean..