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Re: Adding a Third Floppy Drivea

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From: Kent L Shephard
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1991 17:54
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In article <1991Jan8.002139.9708@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> simpson@aplcen (Simpson David) writes:
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>I have an 80386 computer with two floppy drives (A: and B:) and 
>a hard disk drive (C:).  What would happen if I were to add 
>a third floppy drive, or say a CD-ROM drive?  Would my hard disk
>become drive D:, or would it stay drive C: and the new floppy
>drive become D:? 

Hard disks are automatically labled after the floppies present.  So if
you have 3 floppies (like me) you hard disks will start as D:
>
>Thanks for any help.
>                                 David Simpson


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