The boot drive is the most fundamental of all the drives your PC may use, as it contains the operating system. Whether it's a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD), it has everything ...

Need a new external backup drive or more internal storage for a laptop or desktop? This guide can help you make the best choice.

Boot your PC with the USB drive as the primary storage, select the SSD when prompted, and follow the instructions on-screen. Is it OK to use SSD and HDD together?

Microsoft has plans to do this by 2023, so we should expect the world of all-SSD PCs of the future by next year.

Discover the difference between a hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid-state drive (SSD), and whether it affect performance. Which? experts reveals the pros and cons of SSDs and HDDs and what you should ...

As the video (below) demonstrates, the SSD was able to finish booting and connect to a wireless network while the HDD model was still spinning its gear on the grey boot screen.

Failure Rates Over Time We have data for HDD boot drives that go back to 2013 and for SSD boot drives going back to 2018. The chart below is the lifetime AFR for each drive type through Q2 2021.

There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).