Sweet Bejubus this is confusin'!

[Diego Cueva]

No, no, this is an important discussion Dave. I mean, "C:" is from the old DOS times. We can´t exclude it from our lives only because MS wants. This is wrong, wrong, wrong!... I want "C:" back!<br>I´m tired... <br><br>Diego Cueva

[Dr. Phat]

it kinda looks like a linux root, with no prefix, its just "\" as opposed to "/".<br>But for microsoft, i think that its a complete lack of taste to deny us of our right to "C:".

[Moose or Chuck]

Well, it's not a root dir "\". I just use that to denote the top most level in the device. It's actually "My Device", such as "My Computer."

[randall]

C:\ is designated by the OS, not the hardware or bios. So it isn't necessarily a hard drive. The OS can designate that as a ramdrive, CD-ROM, etc. if you really wanted to force the issue.<br><br>Which is why the Linux/Unix root looks different even though the hardware is exactly the same.<br><br>For normalities sake, the MS-DOS based OSes designate it as the first harddrive on the system.

[Diego Cueva]

oh... But I still want the "C:" back. (My next request will be an "A:" for storage cards ;D )...<br><br>Diego Cueva

[randall]

for consistencies sake, Microsoft should have done that.<br><br>Since this is a new OS and they were able to basically "start over" from scratch, I guess they felt that eliminating features [we were so comfortable with] was the way to go.<br><br>I'm still pissed they hide extensions from us.

[Creacher]

hehe, i found it<br><br>my Quake folder was located in my documents....<br><br>so i put it in my root directory! woo<br><br>thanx for the help, sorry im such a tard

[Diego Cueva]

Argh! They hide "C:", they hide extensions, they hide the "hidden files". In their new CE OS will them hide the app icons too? Argh!<br><br>Diego Cueva<br><br><br>Last modification: Diego Cueva - 04/17/01 at 02:36:35

[randall]

They don't hide the "c:\". It is just given a more "user friendly" name.<br><br>"user friendly" my ass.

[Diego Cueva]

yeah, Argh...<br><br>Diego Cueva<br>