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minus-squareSchemen110676@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoEven C could be what you wanted. But since you needed A and often had B because of two different disk sizes C was the first open slot. In theory you could mix and match but a lot of software didnt work with that and it was better to stick to this informal convention
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoMade it really awkward when your “data only” D: drive died and you suddenly find out the windows installer decided to put the boot sector there. No, of course you can’t just reinstall the OS, there’s an irreplaceable license tied to it. If we can’t get it working, the company dies. Good luck.
Even C could be what you wanted.
But since you needed A and often had B because of two different disk sizes C was the first open slot.
In theory you could mix and match but a lot of software didnt work with that and it was better to stick to this informal convention
Made it really awkward when your “data only” D: drive died and you suddenly find out the windows installer decided to put the boot sector there.
No, of course you can’t just reinstall the OS, there’s an irreplaceable license tied to it. If we can’t get it working, the company dies. Good luck.