Why is the Hard Drive called "C" by default?

From: ComputerTechGeek@xxxxxxxxx
Date: 28 Aug 2006 22:41:22 -0700

Is there a historical/technical reason why the Hard Drive called "C" by
default? Why is it not called "A" (since it is the primary mass storage
device on many computer configurations)? What about the "B" drive? Just
curious about this.....

Thanks in advance

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