Windows XP
Files, Folders, and Drives
What is a drive?
A drive, or disk drive, is hardware on which you can store files and folders. Disk drives are assigned a letter.
- 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:).
Choose where you'll save your files during the Save As process. Most users store their files on the (C:) drive.