This post will tell you how to check if your Windows 11/10 PC is using a Hard Disk Drive or a Solid State Drive (HDD or SDD). Windows can run on both SSDs & HDDs.

What Hard Disk do I have? Do I have a SSD, HDD or Hybrid Drive? How to check the Specifications & RPM of the Hard Drive of your Windows computer?

Install a new SSD on your computer: If you want to replace the old hard drive with a new SSD, you can clone Windows 10 OS to new SSD and boot from the new SSD for quicker performance.

The SSD not showing up on Windows 11/10 File Explorer but appearing in Disk Management could be because of a corrupted or incompatible file system. Thus, you can format the disk.

HDD and SSD are both used for storing data, but their functions and benefits are quite distinct. Let's break down the key differences between the two to help you understand which one might be the ...

A newer PCIe Gen 4 SSD, such as Samsung's 980 Pro, pushes 7,000 MB/s. For context, a 7200-rpm SATA HDD like the Seagate Barracuda manages around 200 MB/s.