



The down side of this simplification is that you don't work with the real thing, and you have cases like the one you have, or Windows Setup, or taking one of the drive out and plugging it into another system, drive letter don't exists or changes. If you use Linux based OS, for example, drive/folder browsing will hit you hard in the face especially if you don't use the GUI and use the Terminal (command line) due to the contrast of not having this simplification. But the reality of things, things are identified differently. hence why it starts at C:\ and not A:\), the reality of thing is that drive letter was just made to make drive identification easier. Drive letter is a Windows concept (well DOS.
