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		extension on Jan 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For what are the Windows A:\ and B:\ drives used? Goes to show how much we've come to embrace change in the last couple of decades. Software was coming on ~50 floppies before we ditched them for CDs. Nowadays, things never get that bad before a replacement is phased in.

BahUnfair on Jan 13, 2011 [–]

Unreal Tournament 2004 got up to 5 CDs and Half Life 2 I'm sure had seven. Apart from that, I've never seen anything even approaching what you guys are saying about old windows OS installs.

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