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Basic File and Directory Navigation

Windows



  • Drive "Letters" (DOS Legacy): A:, B: for floppy drives, C: first hard drive, etc.

  • Early networking: Additional letters for network drives ("drive mapping")

  • More Modern (SMB) networking: \\server\sharename to "share" an area

  • Windows Explorer usually used to navigate (image?)

  • "Network Neighbourhood": other clients disks, other servers
 


Basic File and Directory Navigation
Pat Murphy