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Windows lives on the C: drive, and the reason it's not called A: or B: goes back to the 1970s

If you've used a Windows PC, you might have noticed that the main system drive is labeled "C:" by default and caught yourself wondering what happened to "A:" or "B:". After all, the alphabet doesn't ...
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This is why Windows still uses C: drives — and almost never A: or B:

Your computer has probably never touched a floppy disk. There's a good chance you haven't either. And yet, sitting right there in File Explorer is a drive letter that only exists because of them. Not ...